امت
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Persian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic أُمَّة (ʔumma).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ʔum.ˈmat]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔom.mǽt̪]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔum.mǽt̪]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | ummat |
Dari reading? | ummat |
Iranian reading? | ommat |
Tajik reading? | ummat |
Noun
[edit]امت • (ommat) (plural امتها (ommat-hâ) or امتان (ommatân) or امم (omam))
- nation
- (Islam) ummah
- c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 70:
- ای شه بامتان خود اجر عظیم بخش
وانگه شراب عشق بجان سلیم بخش- ay šah ba-ummatān-i xwad ajr-i azīm baxš
w-āngah šarāb-i išq ba-jān-i salīm baxš - O king [the prophet Muhammad], bestow great recompense to your ummah,
And then bestow the wine of love to the peaceable soul.
- ay šah ba-ummatān-i xwad ajr-i azīm baxš
Further reading
[edit]- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “امت”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
Urdu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Classical Persian اُمَّت (ummat), borrowed from Arabic أُمَّة (ʔumma).
Noun
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