جماعت

جماعت

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَمَاعَة‎ (jamāʕa).

Noun

جماعت • (cemâat)

1. (Islam) congregation
2. community
3. assembly
4. crowd
5. audience

Descendants

• Turkish: cemaat

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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
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ҷамоат, ҷамоъат (jamoat, jamoʾat)

جماعت • (jamâ'at)

1. (Islam) congregation
2. crowd
3. community
4. assembly
5. council
6. collective
7. gathering
8. company

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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)

1. community; organisation; group
2. congregation
   1. (Islam) congregational worship (salat)
   2. (religion) congregation (religious, excl. salat)
3. (politics) political party
4. (education) year-group, class
5. (mathematics, set theory) class, sets

Declension

Declension of جماعت
	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.