جماعت
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic جَمَاعَة (jamāʕa).
Noun
جماعت • (cemaʼat) (plural جماعات)
Descendants
- Turkish: cemaat
- → Albanian: xhemat
- → Georgian: ჯამაათი (ǯamaati)
- → Bats: ჯამაათ (ǯamaat)
- → Serbo-Croatian: džèmāt / џѐма̄т
References
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “جماعت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 444b
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “جماعت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 674a
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic جَمَاعَة (jamāʕa).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /d͡ʒa.maː.ˈʔat/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [d͡ʒä.mɑː.ʔǽt̪]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [d͡ʒæ.mɒː.ʔǽt̪]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [d͡ʒä.mɔ.ʔǽt̪]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | jamā'at |
| Dari reading? | jamā'at |
| Iranian reading? | jamâ'at |
| Tajik reading? | jamo'at |
Audio (Iran): (file)
Noun
جَماعَت • (jamâ'at) (plural جماعات)
Descendants
- Tajik: ҷамоат (jamoat)
- → Azerbaijani: camaat
- → Hindustani:
- Ushojo: جُمات (jumāt)
- → Ottoman Turkish: جماعت (cemaʼat)
Urdu
Etymology
Etymology tree
Borrowed from Classical Persian جَمَاعَت (jamā'at), borrowed from Arabic جَمَاعَة (jamāʕa).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /d͡ʒə.mɑː.(ʔ)ət̪/, /d͡ʒə.mɑːt̪/
Audio (Pakistan): (file) - Rhymes: -ət̪, -ɑːt̪
Noun
جَماعَت • (jamā'at) f (formal plural جَماعات (jamā'āt), Hindi spelling जमात or जमाअत)
- 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
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | جَماعَت (jamā'at) | جَماعَتیں (jamā'atẽ) |
| oblique | جَماعَت (jamā'at) | جَماعَتوں (jamā'atõ) |
| vocative | جَماعَت (jamā'at) | جَماعَتو (jamā'ato) |
Derived terms
- جَماعَت بَنْدی (jamā'at bandī, “classification”)
Further reading
- “جماعت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “جماعت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “جماعت”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “جماعت”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 388