انجمن
Arabic
Verb
اُنْجُمْنَ • (unjumna) (form I) /un.d͡ʒum.na/
- second-person feminine plural imperative of نَجَمَ (najama)
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian انجمن (anjoman, “meeting, assembly”), from Middle Persian 𐭧𐭭𐭰𐭬𐭭 (hanjaman, “congregation, assembly, community”), itself from Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬧𐬘𐬀𐬨𐬀𐬥𐬀 (haṇjamana, “assembly”).
Noun
انجمن • (encümen) (definite accusative انجمنی (encümeni), plural انجمنلر (encümenler))
- society, association, club, a group of people who meet to engage in a common interest
- Synonym: جمعیت (cemʼiyet)
- convocation, assembly, meeting, reunion, any gathering of persons for a specific purpose
- commission, committee, a group of people convened for the accomplishment of a specific task
Derived terms
- انجمن دانش (encümen-i daniş, “Academy of Sciences”)
- انجمنكاه (encümengâh, “place of assembly”)
Descendants
- Turkish: encümen
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “encümen”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1442
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “encümen”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 264
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “انجمن”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 154
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Collegium”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum[3], Vienna, column 201
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “انجمن”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[4], Vienna, column 446
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “encümen”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “انجمن”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 213
Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian 𐭧𐭭𐭰𐭬𐭭 (hanjaman, “congregation, assembly, community”), from Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬧𐬘𐬀𐬨𐬀𐬥𐬀 (haṇjamana, “assembly”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /(ʔ)an.d͡ʒu.ˈman/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [(ʔ)än.d͡ʒʊ.mǽn]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [(ʔ)æn.d͡ʒo.mǽn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [(ʔ)än.d͡ʒu.mǽn]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | (')anjuman |
| Dari reading? | (')anjuman |
| Iranian reading? | (')anjoman |
| Tajik reading? | (')anjuman |
Noun
انجمن • (anjuman / anjoman) (plural انجمنها (anjuman-hā / anjoman-hâ), Tajik spelling анҷуман)
- meeting, assembly, consultation, forum, association
- (archaic, chiefly obsolete) society
- (Internet) forum
Inflection
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| bare | انجمن (anjoman) | انجمنها، انجمنا△ (anjoman-hấ, anjomanấ△) |
| definitive direct object | انجمن را، انجمن رو△ (anjoman râ, anjomano△) | انجمنها را، انجمنا رو△ (anjoman-hấ râ, anjomanấ ro△) |
| ezâfe | انجمن (anjoman-e) | انجمنهای، انجمنای△ (anjoman-hấ-ye, anjomanấ-ye△) |
| marked indefinite or relative definite |
انجمنی (anjoman-i) | انجمنهایی، انجمنایی△ (anjomanấn-i, anjoman-hấ-i, anjomanấi△) |
△ Colloquial.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person singular (“my”) |
انجمنم (anjomanam) | انجمنهایم، انجمنهام، انجمنام△ (anjoman-hấyam, anjomanấm△) |
| 2nd person singular (“your”) |
انجمنت (anjomanat, anjomanet△) | انجمنهایت، انجمنهات، انجمنات△ (anjoman-hấyat, anjomanất△) |
| 3rd person singular (“his, her, its”) |
انجمنش (anjomanaš, anjomaneš△) | انجمنهایش، انجمنهاش، انجمناش△ (anjoman-hấyaš, anjomanấš△) |
| 1st person plural (“our”) |
انجمنمان، انجمنمون△ (anjomanemân, anjomanemun△) | انجمنهایمان، انجمنهامون، انجمنامون△ (anjoman-hấyemân, anjomanấmun△) |
| 2nd person plural (“your”) |
انجمنتان، انجمنتون△ (anjomanetân, anjomanetun△) | انجمنهایتان، انجمنهاتون، انجمناتون△ (anjoman-hấyetân, anjomanấtun△) |
| 3rd person plural (“their”) |
انجمنشان، انجمنشون△ (anjomanešân, anjomanešun△) | انجمنهایشان، انجمنهاشون، انجمناشون△ (anjoman-hấyešân, anjomanấšun△) |
△ Colloquial.
Synonyms
- (forum): فروم (forum)
Descendants
- → Azerbaijani: əncümən
- → Bengali: আঞ্জুমান (anjuman)
- → Gujarati: અંજુમન (añjuman)
- → Ottoman Turkish: انجمن (encümen)
- Turkish: encümen
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian انجمن (anjuman, “meeting, assembly”). First attested in c. 1564[1] as Middle Hindi انجمن (anjuman).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ən.d͡ʒʊ.mən/
- Rhymes: -ən
- Hyphenation: اَنْ‧جُ‧مَنْ
Noun
اَنْجُمَنْ • (anjuman) f (Hindi spelling अंजुमन)
- meeting, assembly, gathering
- Synonym: مَحْفِل (mahfil)
- 1981, “دل چیز کیا ہے آپ مری جان لیجئے”, in Akhlaq Mohammed Khan (lyrics), Mohammed Zahur Khayyam (music), Umrao Jaan, performed by Asha Bhosle:
- اس انجمن میں آپ کو آنا ہے بار بار
- is anjuman mẽ āp ko ānā hai bār bār
- You will have to come again and again to this gathering
- society
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | اَنْجُمَنْ (anjuman) | اَنْجُمَنْیں (anjumanẽ) |
| oblique | اَنْجُمَنْ (anjuman) | اَنْجُمَنْوں (anjumanõ) |
| vocative | اَنْجُمَنْ (anjuman) | اَنْجُمَنْو (anjumano) |
Further reading
- “انجمن”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “انجمن”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “انجمن”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “اَنجُمن”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 150