تهمت

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تُهْمَة (tuhma).

Noun

تهمت • (töhmet)

1. accusation

Descendants

• Turkish: töhmet

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تُهْمَة (tuhma).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /tuh.ˈmat/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰo̞ɦ.mát̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰo̞ɦ.mát̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰʊ.mát̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰu.mát̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰoɦ.mǽt̪ʰ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɵh.mát̪]

• Rhymes: -at

Readings
Classical reading?	tuhmat
Dari reading?	tohmat
Iranian reading?	tohmat
Tajik reading?	tühmat

Noun

تهمت • (tuhmat / tohmat) (Tajik spelling туҳмат)

1. false accusation, slander, defamation

   Synonym: افترا (iftirā / efterâ)

Descendants

• Tajik: туҳмат (tuhmat)
• → Chagatai: تُهْمَت (thmt)
  • Uyghur: تۆھمەت (töhmet)
  • Uzbek: tuhmat
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: तुहमत (tuhmat), तोहमत (tohmat)

  Urdu: تُہْمَت (tuhmat)

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਤੁਹਮਤ (tuhmat)

  Shahmukhi script: تُہْمَت (tuhmat)

• → Turkmen: töhmet

Further reading

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