▪ neologism, nsb-formation based on ĭštarāk, vn. of ĭštaraka (VIII) ‘to share, participate’, Gt-stem with self-referential notions, from ↗šarika ‘to share, etc.’ Thus, a ‘socialist’ is *‘s.o. adhering to (the principle) of sharing’
►ĭštirākiyyaẗ, n.f., socialism: neolog., abstr. formation in ‑iyyaẗ. For other values attached to the root, cf. ↗šarika, ↗širk, ↗širkaẗ~šarikaẗ, ↗šarak, ↗šuruk, ↗širāk, (EgAr) ↗šurayk.