People of the Book

English

Etymology

Calque of Arabic أَهْل الْكِتَاب (ʔahl al-kitāb).

Noun

People of the Book pl (plural only)

1. (Islam) Non-Muslims who adhere to an Abrahamic religion.

Synonyms

• People of the Scripture
• Ahle Kitab (Persian, Urdu)
• Ahl al-Kitab (Arabic)

Translations

Non-Muslims who adhere to an Abrahamic religion

• Arabic: أَهْل الْكِتَابِ m pl (ʔahl al-kitābi)
• Azerbaijani: kitab əhli
• Catalan: gent del Llibre f
• Dutch: mensen van het Boek m pl
• French: gens du Livre (fr) m pl
• German: Leute der Schrift pl
• Gujarati: અહલેકિતાબ m (ahalekitāb)
• Hebrew: עַם הַסֵּפֶר (he) m ('am haséfer)
• Korean: 성서의 백성 (seongseoui baekseong)
• Ngazidja Comorian: wandru wahe Shio class 2
• Polish: Lud Księgi m
• Swahili: Watu wa Kitabu class 2
• Swedish: bokens folk n
• Urdu: اِہْلِ کِتاب (ihl-i kitāb)