charia
Portuguese, noun
charia is spelled C-H-A-R-I-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 79,437th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Charia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “alternative form of xaria” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Charia is a different word: “alternative spelling of charia”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “lei islâmica baseada no Alcorão”.
What does charia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininealternative form of xaria
noun
- 1
femininealternative spelling of charia
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. lei islâmica baseada no Alcorão
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How common is charia in Portuguese?
charia appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).