امت

See also: أمت and امب

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أُمَّة (ʔumma).

Pronunciation

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

 

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

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

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

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

Readings
Classical reading?	ummat
Dari reading?	ummat
Iranian reading?	ommat
Tajik reading?	ummat

Noun

امت • (ommat) (plural امت‌ها (ommat-hâ) or امتان (ommatân) or امم (omam))

1. nation
2. (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.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “امت”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian امت (ummat).

Noun

اُمَّت • (ummat) f (Hindi spelling उम्मत)

1. ummah