جماعت
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic جَمَاعَة (jamāʕa).
Noun
جماعت • (cemâat)
- (Islam) congregation
- community
- assembly
- crowd
- audience
Descendants
- Turkish: cemaat
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic جَمَاعَة (jamāʕa).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /d͡ʒamɑːˈʔat/
- (Dari Persian) IPA(key): /d͡ʒamɑːˈʔat/
- (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): /d͡ʒæmɒːˈʔæt/
- (Tajik) IPA(key): /d͡ʒamɔˈʔat/
Noun
Dari | جماعت |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | ҷамоат, ҷамоъат (jamoat, jamoʾat) |
جماعت • (jamâ'at)
- (Islam) congregation
- crowd
- community
- assembly
- council
- collective
- gathering
- company
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian جماعت (jamā'at), taken from Arabic جَمَاعَة (jamāʕa), ultimately derived from the Arabic root ج م ع (j m ʕ, “related to gathering or collecting”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /d͡ʒə.mɑː.(ʔ)ət̪/, /d͡ʒə.mɑːt̪/
- Rhymes: -ət̪, -ɑːt̪
Noun
جَماعَت • (jamā’at) f (plural اجماع, Hindi spelling जमात)
- community; organisation; group
- congregation
- (Islam) congregational worship (salat)
- (religion) congregation (religious, excl. salat)
- (politics) political party
- (education) year-group, class
- (mathematics, set theory) class, sets
Declension
Declension of جماعت | ||
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singular | plural | |
direct | جماعت (jamā’at) | جماعتیں (jamā’atẽ) |
oblique | جماعت (jamā’at) | جماعتوں (jamā’atõ) |
vocative | جماعت (jamā’at) | جماعتو (jamā’ato) |
Derived terms
- جماعت بندی (jamā’at bandī, “classification”)
References
- “جماعت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “جماعت”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.