جمعیت

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَمْعِيَّة (jamʕiyya, “association; gathering, assembly”); analyzable as جمع (cemʼ, “collection”) +‎ ـیت (-iyet).

Noun

جمعیت • (cemʼiyet) (definite accusative جمعیتی (cemʼiyeti), plural جمعیات (cemʼiyât))

  1. society, association, club, a group of people who meet to engage in a common interest
    Synonym: انجمن (encümen)
  2. convocation, assembly, meeting, reunion, any gathering of persons for a specific purpose
    Synonyms: اجتماع (ictimâʼ), انجمن (encümen), درنك (dernek), مجلس (meclis)
  3. (sociology) society, a long-standing group of individuals sharing common cultural aspects

Derived terms

  • جمعیت خاطر (cemʼiyet-i hatır, “composure of mind”)
  • جمعیت طبیه (cemʼiyet-i tıbbiye, “medical society”)
  • جمعیت علمیه (cemʼiyet-i ʼilmiye, “academy”)
  • جمعیتسز (cemʼiyetsiz, “underattended”)
  • جمعیتكاه (cemʼiyetgâh, “rendezvous”)
  • جمعیتلو (cemʼiyetli, “well attended”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: cemiyet
  • → Crimean Tatar: cemiyet

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

    Borrowed from Arabic جَمْعِيَّة (jamʕiyya). By surface analysis, جمع (jam') +‎ ـیت (-iyyat).

    Pronunciation

     

    Readings
    Classical reading? jam'iyyat
    Dari reading? jam'iyat
    Iranian reading? jam'iyat
    Tajik reading? jam'iyat
    • Audio (Iran):(file)

    Noun

    Dari جمعیت
    Iranian Persian
    Tajik ҷамъият

    جَمْعِیَّت • (jam'iyyat)

    1. population
      جمعیت ایران در حدود هشتاد میلیون نفر است.
      jam'iyyat-e irân dar hodud-e haštâd milyun nafar ast.
      The population of Iran is around eighty million.
    2. throng, crowd
    3. society, fellowship

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    Further reading

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