Shia
/ˈʃiːə/(亦作Shi'a)
noun
(复同单, 或Shias)［mass noun］
1- one of the two main branches of Islam, followed especially in Iran, that rejects the first three Sunni caliphs and regards Ali, the fourth caliph, as Muhammad's first true successor什叶派（伊斯兰教的两个主要派别之一, 主要在伊朗受到信奉, 拒绝承认前三代的逊尼哈里发, 将第四代哈里发阿里看作是穆罕默德的第一位真正继承人）。比较SUNNI.
1.1
- count noun a Muslim who adheres to this branch of Islam什叶派穆斯林。
词源
from Arabic šī'a 'party (of Ali)'.