जम्हूरियत

Hindi

Alternative forms

• जम्हूरीयत (jamhūrīyat)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish جمهوریت (cumhûriyet, “republic”) (compare Turkish cumhuriyet), from Arabic جُمْهُورِيَّة (jumhūriyya).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəm.ɦuː.ɾɪ.jət̪/, [d͡ʒɐ̃m.ɦuː.ɾi.jɐt̪]

Noun

जम्हूरियत • (jamhūriyat) f (Urdu spelling جمہوریت) (rare)

1. democracy

   Synonyms: लोकतंत्र (loktantra), जनतंत्र (jantantra), प्रजातंत्र (prajātantra)

2. republic

   Synonym: गणतंत्र (gaṇtantra)

Declension

Declension of जम्हूरियत (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	जम्हूरियत jamhūriyat	जम्हूरियतें jamhūriyatẽ
oblique	जम्हूरियत jamhūriyat	जम्हूरियतों jamhūriyatõ
vocative	जम्हूरियत jamhūriyat	जम्हूरियतो jamhūriyato

Further reading

• “जमहूरियत”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.