umat

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay umat, from Arabic أُمَّة (ʔumma, “community”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈumat̚/
• Rhymes: -mat, -at, -t
• Hyphenation: u‧mat

Noun

umat (first-person possessive umatku, second-person possessive umatmu, third-person possessive umatnya)

1. the members of a community
2. a common group of people

Usage notes

Umat is usually used in the context of the followers of a certain religion.

Alternative forms

• ummah
• ummat

Derived terms

• keumatan

 

Related terms

• umat beragama (“practitioners of religion”)
• umat Islam (“the Muslims”)
• umat Kristen (“the Christians”)
• umat manusia (“humanity, mankind, humankind”)

Further reading

• “umat” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʊmˠət̪ˠ/

Pronoun

umat (emphatic umatsa)

1. second-person singular of um

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Malay

Etymology

From Arabic أُمَّة (ʔumma, “community”).

Noun

umat

1. people
2. community, especially a religious community
3. human race

Synonyms

• bangsa
• puak

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Tagalog

Noun

umat

1. slowness; dilatoriness

Synonyms

• bagal
• kupal