عموما

Arabic

Root
ع م م (ʕ m m)
15 terms

Etymology

Adverbial accusative of عُمُوم (ʕumūm, “generality”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʕu.muː.man/

Adverb

عُمُومًا • (ʕumūman)

generally, in general, generally speaking

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: ümumən
→ Bashkir: ғөмүмән (ğömümən)
→ Persian: عموما ('omuman)
- → Urdu: عموما (ʿumūmán)
→ Ottoman Turkish: عموما (umûmen)
- → Crimean Tatar: umumen
→ Turkmen: umuman
→ Uyghur: ئومۇمەن (omumen)
→ Uzbek: umuman

Persian

Alternative forms

عمومن ('omuman) (nonstandard)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عُمُومًا (ʕumūman). By surface analysis, ('omum) +‎ (-an).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔu.muː.ˈman/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔʊ.muː.män]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔʊ.muː.män]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔu.mu.män]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔo.muː.mæn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔu.mu.män]

Readings
Classical reading^?	umūman
Dari reading^?	umūman
Iranian reading^?	omuman
Tajik reading^?	umuman

Adverb

عُمُوماً • (omuman)

generally, usually

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ('umūman), from Arabic عُمُومًا (ʕumūman, “generally”).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʊ.muː.mən/
(colloquial) IPA^(key): /ə.muː.mən/
Rhymes: -ən

Adverb

عُمُوماً • (ʿumūmán) (Hindi spelling उमूमन)

generally, usually
Synonym: عام طور پر (’ām tor par)

References

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