عصمت

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic عِصْمَة (ʕiṣma).

Proper noun

عصمت • (Ismet)

1. a male given name from Arabic, notably belonging to Ismet Inonu, second president of Turkey.

Descendants

• Turkish: İsmet
• → Albanian: Ismet
• → Serbo-Croatian: Ismet

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عِصْمَة (ʕiṣma).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔis.ˈmat]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.mǽt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.mǽt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.mǽt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔis.mǽt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔes.mǽt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔis.mǽt̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	ismat
Dari reading?	ismat
Iranian reading?	esmat
Tajik reading?	ismat

Noun

Dari	عصمت
Iranian Persian
Tajik	исмат

عصمت • ('esmat)

1. chastity; purity

   زن با عصمت ― zan bâ 'esmat ― chaste woman

   • late 14th century, Xāja Shams-ud-Dīn Moḥammad Ḥāfeẓ-e Shīrāzī, “اگر آن ترک شیرازی به دست آرد دل ما را (Shirazi Turk)”, in دیوان حافظ [Divān of Ḥāfeẓ]:

     من از آن حسن روزافزون که یوسف داشت دانستم
     که عشق از پرده عصمت برون آرد زلیخا را

     man az ân hosn-e ruz-afzun ke yusof dâšt dânestam
     ke 'ešq az parde-ye 'esmat borun ârad zoleyxâ-râ

     I have learnt, from that daily-increasing beauty that Joseph had, that Love will bring Zoleykha out from behind the curtain of modesty.

2. (Islam) infallibility; protection from sin (e.g. of the Shi'a imams)

Derived terms

• بی‌عصمت (bi-esmat, “unchaste”)
• عصمتی (esmati, “relating to chastity”)
• عصمت‌پناه (esmat-panâh, “chaste woman”, literally “sanctuary of chastity”)