ممتاز

Arabic

Root
م ي ز (m-y-z)

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of the verb اِمْتَازَ (imtāza, “to be distinguished”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mum.taːz/
• Rhymes: -aːz

Adjective

مُمْتَاز • (mumtāz) (feminine مُمْتَازَة (mumtāza), masculine plural مُمْتَازُونَ (mumtāzūna), feminine plural مُمْتَازَات (mumtāzāt))

1. excellent
2. distinguished, selected
3. privileged

Declension

Declension of adjective مُمْتَاز (mumtāz)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُمْتَاز mumtāz	الْمُمْتَاز al-mumtāz	مُمْتَازَة mumtāza	الْمُمْتَازَة al-mumtāza
Nominative	مُمْتَازٌ mumtāzun	الْمُمْتَازُ al-mumtāzu	مُمْتَازَةٌ mumtāzatun	الْمُمْتَازَةُ al-mumtāzatu
Accusative	مُمْتَازًا mumtāzan	الْمُمْتَازَ al-mumtāza	مُمْتَازَةً mumtāzatan	الْمُمْتَازَةَ al-mumtāzata
Genitive	مُمْتَازٍ mumtāzin	الْمُمْتَازِ al-mumtāzi	مُمْتَازَةٍ mumtāzatin	الْمُمْتَازَةِ al-mumtāzati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُمْتَازَيْن mumtāzayn	الْمُمْتَازَيْن al-mumtāzayn	مُمْتَازَتَيْن mumtāzatayn	الْمُمْتَازَتَيْن al-mumtāzatayn
Nominative	مُمْتَازَانِ mumtāzāni	الْمُمْتَازَانِ al-mumtāzāni	مُمْتَازَتَانِ mumtāzatāni	الْمُمْتَازَتَانِ al-mumtāzatāni
Accusative	مُمْتَازَيْنِ mumtāzayni	الْمُمْتَازَيْنِ al-mumtāzayni	مُمْتَازَتَيْنِ mumtāzatayni	الْمُمْتَازَتَيْنِ al-mumtāzatayni
Genitive	مُمْتَازَيْنِ mumtāzayni	الْمُمْتَازَيْنِ al-mumtāzayni	مُمْتَازَتَيْنِ mumtāzatayni	الْمُمْتَازَتَيْنِ al-mumtāzatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُمْتَازِين mumtāzīn	الْمُمْتَازِين al-mumtāzīn	مُمْتَازَات mumtāzāt	الْمُمْتَازَات al-mumtāzāt
Nominative	مُمْتَازُونَ mumtāzūna	الْمُمْتَازُونَ al-mumtāzūna	مُمْتَازَاتٌ mumtāzātun	الْمُمْتَازَاتُ al-mumtāzātu
Accusative	مُمْتَازِينَ mumtāzīna	الْمُمْتَازِينَ al-mumtāzīna	مُمْتَازَاتٍ mumtāzātin	الْمُمْتَازَاتِ al-mumtāzāti
Genitive	مُمْتَازِينَ mumtāzīna	الْمُمْتَازِينَ al-mumtāzīna	مُمْتَازَاتٍ mumtāzātin	الْمُمْتَازَاتِ al-mumtāzāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: mümtaz
• → Ottoman Turkish: ممتاز (mümtaz)
  • Turkish: mümtaz
• → Persian: ممتاز
  • → Bengali: মমতাজ (momotaj)
  • → Gujarati: મુમતાજ (mumtāj)
  • → Hindi: मुमताज़ (mumtāz)
  • → Uzbek: ممتاز
    • → Phalura: mumtaáz
• → Uzbek: mumtoz

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “ممتاز”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُمْتَاز (mumtāz).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mum.ˈtɑːz]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊm.t̪ʰɑ́ːz]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊm.t̪ʰɑ́ːz]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊm.t̪ʰɑ́ːz]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mum.t̪ʰɔ́ːz]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mom.t̪ʰɒ́ːz]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mum.t̪ʰɔ́z]

Readings
Classical reading?	mumtāz
Iranian reading?	momtâz
Tajik reading?	mumtoz

Adjective

ممتاز • (momtâz)

1. excellent, distinguished, select

   Synonyms: برجسته (barjaste), عالی (âli)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “ممتاز”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim