ذلت

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic ذِلَّة (ḏilla).

Noun

ذلت • (zillet)

  1. abasement, degradation, dishonor
    Antonym: عزت (izzet)

Descendants

  • Turkish: zillet

Further reading

  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “zillet”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ذلت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 605a

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ذِلَّة (ḏilla).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? ḏillát, zillát
Dari reading? zillat
Iranian reading? zellat
Tajik reading? zillat

Noun

Dari ذلت
Iranian Persian
Tajik зиллат

ذلت • (zellat)

  1. abjectness
  2. suffering, hardship, abjection, prostration
  3. humiliation

Descendants

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ذلت (zillat), from Arabic ذِلَّة (ḏilla).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /zɪ.lː.ət̪/
  • Rhymes: -ət̪
  • Hyphenation: ذِلْ‧لَت

Noun

ذِلَّت • (zillat) f (Hindi spelling ज़िल्लत)

  1. dishonour, insult, humiliation

Declension

Declension of ذلت
singular plural
direct ذِلَّت (zillat) ذِلَّتیں (zillatẽ)
oblique ذِلَّت (zillat) ذِلَّتوں (zillatõ)
vocative ذِلَّت (zillat) ذِلَّتو (zillato)

References

  • “ذلت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “ذلت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
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