camaat

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Azerbaijani

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic جَمَاعَة (jamāʕa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [d͡ʒɑmɑ.ˈɑt], [d͡zɑmɑ.ˈɑt]
  • IPA(key): [d͡ʒɑmɑˈhɑt], [d͡zɑmɑˈhɑt]
  • Hyphenation: ca‧ma‧at

Noun

camaat (definite accusative camaatnı, plural camaatlar)

  1. (singular only) people
    Özünü yaxşı apar, camaat baxır!
    Behave, people are looking!
    Camaatın işi-gücü yoxdur!
    People have nothing else to do!
    (other than whatever unworthy business they are doing at the moment)
  2. (singular only) population, populace, inhabitants
    kənd camaatıvillagers (literally, “people of the village”)
    Oranın camaatı nəynən məşğuldur?What do people of that place do?
    Synonyms: sakinlər, əhali
  3. (Islam) jamaat, congregation (a group of believers; Islamic equivalent to parish)

Declension