عموما
Arabic
Etymology
Adverbial accusative of عُمُوم (ʿumūm, “generality”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʕu.muː.man/
Adverb
عُمُومًا • (ʿumūman)
- generally
Descendants
- → Azerbaijani: ümumən
- → Persian: عموما ('omuman)
- → Urdu: عموما (ʿumūmán)
- → Uzbek: umuman
Persian
Alternative forms
- عمومن (omuman) (nonstandard)
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic عُمُومًا (ʿumūman). By surface analysis, عموم ('omum) + ـاً (-an).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /umuːman/
- (Dari Persian) IPA(key): /ʊmuːman/
- (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): /omuːmæn/
- (Tajik) IPA(key): /umuman/
Adverb
عُمُوماً • (omuman)
- generally, usually
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian عموما ('umūman), from Arabic عُمُومًا (ʿumūman, “generally”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ʊ.muː.mən/
- (colloquial) IPA(key): /ə.muː.mən/
- Rhymes: -ən
Adverb
عُمُوماً • (ʿumūmán) (Hindi spelling उमूमन)
- generally, usually
- Synonym: عام طور پر (’ām tor par)
References
- “عموما”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “عموما”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.