sharia

name

1. Alternative form of shari'a.

   “The existence of another system of law is now accepted side by side with the Sharia; this law is the Kanoun, and consists of those laws which have been made by the temporal sovereign.”

   “The Sharia, alone of all the unwritten laws in the Sudan, is not subjected to the test of whether or not it is repugnant to justice, equity and good conscience, since a law laid down by God cannot be treated as unjust.”

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Arabic شَارِع (šāriʕ)bor. English sharia Borrowed from Arabic شَارِع (šāriʕ).

1. A street in Arabic-speaking countries.

   “No little of Cairo’s popularity as a winter-resort is due to its many excellent Hotels: the chief being—Grand Continental, on the west side of the Esbekia between the Sharia Bulak and Sharia El-Moghrabi, with large terrace looking directly across the Sharia Kamel-Pasha (the chief modern thoroughfare) at the Gardens; Savoy (same management) at the Rond-point intersection of the Sharias Kasr-en-Nil and Suleiman-Pasha; D’Angleterre (also same management) quieter in Sharia El-Moghrabi, prettily situated […]”

   “The principal Sharias, as they call their streets, and the ancient Muski Bazaars, have shed their Oriental grandeur where once were displayed rich Egyptian and Persian carpets and shawls from Baghdad; […]”