عموما

Arabic

Root
ع م م (ʕ-m-m)

Etymology

Adverbial accusative of عُمُوم (ʕumūm, “generality”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕu.muː.man/

Adverb

عُمُومًا • (ʕumūman)

1. generally, in general, generally speaking

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: ümumən
• → Bashkir: ғөмүмән (ğömümən)
• → Persian: عموما ('omuman)
  • → Urdu: عموما (ʿumūmán)
• → Ottoman Turkish: عموما (umûmen)
• → Turkmen: umuman
• → Uyghur: ئومۇمەن (omumen)
• → Uzbek: umuman

Persian

Alternative forms

• عمومن ('omuman) (nonstandard)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عُمُومًا (ʕumūman). By surface analysis, عموم ('omum) +‎ ـاً (-an).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔu.muː.man]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔʊ.muː.män]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔʊ.muː.män]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔʊ.muː.män]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔu.mu.män]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔo.muː.mæn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔu.mu.män]

Readings
Classical reading?	umūman
Dari reading?	umūman
Iranian reading?	omuman
Tajik reading?	umuman

Adverb

عُمُوماً • (omuman)

1. generally, usually

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian عموما ('umūman), from Arabic عُمُومًا (ʕumūman, “generally”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʊ.muː.mən/
• (colloquial) IPA^(key): /ə.muː.mən/
• Rhymes: -ən

Adverb

عُمُوماً • (ʿumūmán) (Hindi spelling उमूमन)

1. generally, usually

   Synonym: عام طور پر (’ām tor par)

References

• “عموما”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “عموما”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.