ISIS

See also: isis, Isis, and Ísis

English

Etymology

An acronym of one English translation of one of the group's Arabic-language names, الدَّوْلَة الْإِسْلَامِيَّة فِي الْعِرَاق وَٱلشَّام (ad-dawla l-ʔislāmiyya fī l-ʕirāq wa-š-šām, literally “the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria”). Compare ISIL, which translates الشَّام (aš-šām) as “the Levant” rather than “Syria”.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈaɪsɪs/
Homophone: Isis

Proper noun

ISIS

A Salafist group mainly active in Iraq and Syria, where it has proclaimed itself as a (unrecognized) state and later caliphate. [from 2013]
- 2020 October, “Homeland Threat Assessment”, in Department of Homeland Security‎^[1], page 19:
  Despite territorial defeats in Iraq and Syria, ISIS continues to draw support from HVEs in the United States and the group’s global calls for attacks have intensified since the death last year of senior leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
- 2023 March 20, Kylie Atwood, “American citizen held hostage for 6 years in West Africa has been freed”, in CNN‎^[2]:
  Terror groups linked to al Qaeda and ISIS have been active in Niger for years.

Alternative forms

Synonyms

(Extremist group): Daesh; ISIL (also a former name); IS, Islamic State (current name)

Derived terms

ISIS-K

Translations

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria

Arabic: دَاعِش m or f (dāʕiš), الدَّوْلَة الْإِسْلَامِيَّة فِي الْعِرَاق وَٱلشَّام f (ad-dawla al-ʔislāmiyya fī l-ʕirāq wa-š-šām)
Belarusian: ІДІ́Л m or f (IDÍL)
Chinese:
Mandarin: ISIS (ISIS), 伊斯蘭國 / 伊斯兰国 (Yīsīlán Guó)
Dutch: ISIS (nl)
Finnish: Isis (fi)
French: EIIL m, Daech (fr) m
German: ISIS (de) m or f, ISIL (de) f, ISIG m or f, Daesch (de) m
Greek: ΙΚΙΣ n (IKIS) (Ισλαμικό Κράτος στο Ιράκ και την Συρία (Islamikó Krátos sto Irák kai tin Syría))
Hebrew: דאע״ש m or m pl (da'e"sh)
Hindi: आइसिस (āisis), इराक़ और सीरिया इस्लामी राष्ट्र m (irāq aur sīriyā islāmī rāṣṭra)
Japanese: ISIS (ISIS), アイシス (aishisu), イラク・レバントのイスラム国 (Iraku Rebanto no Isuramu-koku)
Korean: ISIS (ISIS), 이라크 레반트 이슬람국 (Irakeu Rebanteu iseullamguk), 이슬람국 (Iseullamguk), 이라크 시리아 이슬람국 (Irakeu Siria iseullamguk)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: DAÎŞ (ku) m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ISIS m
Persian:
Dari: دَاعِش (dā'iš)

Iranian Persian: داعِش (dâ'eš), دُوْلَتِ اِسْلامی عِراق و شام (dowlat-e eslâmi erâġ o šâm), دُوْلَتِ اِسْلامی عِراق و سورِیِه (dowlat-e eslâmi erâġ o suriye)
Portuguese: ISIS (pt) m
Russian: ИГИ́Л (ru) m or f or n (IGÍL), ДА́ИШ (ru) m (DÁIŠ), ИГ (ru) m or n (IG)
Spanish: ISIS m
Swedish: ISIS (sv) c
Turkish: IŞİD (tr)
Ukrainian: ІДІ́Л m or f (IDÍL), ДА́ІШ m (DÁIŠ)
Urdu: داعِش m (dā'iś), دَولَتِ اِسْلامِیَہ بَرائے عِراق و شام f (daulat-i islāmiya barāe 'irāq o śām)
Uyghur: دائىش (da'ish)

Anagrams

IISS

Finnish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈisis/, [ˈis̠is̠]
Rhymes: -isis
Syllabification^(key): I‧SIS
Hyphenation^(key): I‧SIS

Proper noun

ISIS

alternative letter-case form of Isis (“Islamic State”)

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from English ISIS.

Proper noun

ISIS m

ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria)
Synonym: Estado Islámico

German

Alternative forms

Isis

Etymology

Abbreviation of Islamischer Staat im Irak und (in) (Groß-)Syrien

Noun

ISIS m or f

ISIS; a former name of Islamischer Staat or IS
Synonyms: ISIL/Isil, ISIG/Isig

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English ISIS.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈi.zis/
Homophone: Ísis

Proper noun

ISIS m

ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria)
Synonym: Estado Islâmico

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English ISIS.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈisis/ [ˈi.sis]
Rhymes: -isis
Syllabification: I‧SIS

Proper noun

ISIS m

ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria)
Synonym: Estado Islámico