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Shirk (Islam) ''Shirk'' () in Islam is a sin often roughly translated as 'idolatry' or ' polytheism', but more accurately meaning 'association God]'. It refers to accepting other Divinity, divinities or powers alongside God as associates. In contrast, Islam te ...
, in Islam, the sin of idolatry or worshiping beings or things other than God ('attributing an associate (to God)') * Shirk, Iran, a village in South Khorasan Province, Iran * Shirk-e Sorjeh, a village in South Khorasan Province, Iran * "Shirk break", a synonym for
coffee break A break at work (or work-break) is a period of time during a shift in which an employee is allowed to take time off from their job. It is a type of downtime. There are different types of breaks, and depending on the length and the employer's p ...
* Shirking model, part of the economic principle of the
efficiency wage In labor economics, an efficiency wage is a wage paid in excess of the market-clearing wage to increase the labor productivity of workers.Mankiw, Gregory N. & Taylor, Mark P. (2008), ''Macroeconomics'' (European edition), pp. 181–182 Specifica ...
* USS ''Shirk'' (DD-318), a United States Navy destroyer in service 1921 to 1930


See also

* Shirag, a village in Birjand County, South Khorasan Province, Iran {{disambiguation