همت

Arabic

Verb

همت (form I)

1. هَمَّتْ (hammat) /ham.mat/: third-person feminine singular past active of هَمَّ (hamma)
2. هُمَّتْ (hummat) /hum.mat/: third-person feminine singular past passive of هَمَّ (hamma)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic هِمَّة (himma).

Noun

همت • (himmet)

1. effort
2. influence
3. support

Descendants

• Turkish: himmet

Further reading

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “himmet”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “همت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1326b

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic هِمَّة (himma).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [him.mat]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hɪm.mät̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hɪm.mät̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪm.mät̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔim.mät̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [hem.mæt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [him.mät̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	himmat
Dari reading?	himmat
Iranian reading?	hemmat
Tajik reading?	himmat

Noun

همت • (hemmat) (plural همم (hemam))

1. aspiration; zeal

Descendants

• → Gujarati: હિંમત (himmat)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: हिम्मत (himmat)

  Urdu: ہمت (himmat)

• → Marathi: हिंमत (himmat)
• → Punjabi: ਹਿੰਮਤ (himmat)