تهمت

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تُهْمَة (tuhma).

Noun

تهمت • (töhmet)

accusation

Descendants

Turkish: töhmet

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تُهْمَة (tuhma).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /tuh.ˈmat/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰo̞ɦ.mǽt̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰʊ.mǽt̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰu.mǽt̪]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰoɦ.mǽt̪]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɵh.mǽt̪]

Readings
Classical reading^?	tuhmat
Dari reading^?	tohmat
Iranian reading^?	tohmat
Tajik reading^?	tühmat

Noun

تهمت • (tuhmat / tohmat) (Tajik spelling туҳмат)

false accusation, slander, defamation
Synonym: افترا (iftirā / efterâ)

Descendants

Tajik: туҳмат (tuhmat)
→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਤੁਹਮਤ (tuhmat)

Shahmukhi script: تہمت (tuhmat)
→ Turkmen: töhmet
→ Uyghur: تۆھمەت (töhmet)
→ Urdu: تُہْمَت (tuhmat)
→ Uzbek: tuhmat

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “تهمت”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim