مجتمع

Arabic

Root
ج م ع (j m ʕ)
30 terms

Etymology

Noun of place from the verb اِجْتَمَعَ (ijtamaʕa).

Pronunciation

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Noun

مُجْتَمَع • (mujtamaʕ) m (plural مُجْتَمَعَات (mujtamaʕāt))

place of assembly
(in the general sense): society
يَلْعَبُ ٱلتَّعْلِيمُ دَوْرًا هَامًّا فِي تَنْمِيَةِ ٱلْمُجْتَمَعَاتِ.
yalʕabu t-taʕlīmu dawran hāmman fī tanmiyati l-mujtamaʕāti.
Education plays a crucial role in the development of societies.
assembly
community

Declension

Declension of noun **مُجْتَمَع** (mujtamaʕ)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مُجْتَمَع mujtamaʕ	الْمُجْتَمَع al-mujtamaʕ	مُجْتَمَع mujtamaʕ
nominative	مُجْتَمَعٌ mujtamaʕun	الْمُجْتَمَعُ al-mujtamaʕu	مُجْتَمَعُ mujtamaʕu
accusative	مُجْتَمَعًا mujtamaʕan	الْمُجْتَمَعَ al-mujtamaʕa	مُجْتَمَعَ mujtamaʕa
genitive	مُجْتَمَعٍ mujtamaʕin	الْمُجْتَمَعِ al-mujtamaʕi	مُجْتَمَعِ mujtamaʕi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مُجْتَمَعَيْن mujtamaʕayn	الْمُجْتَمَعَيْن al-mujtamaʕayn	مُجْتَمَعَيْ mujtamaʕay
nominative	مُجْتَمَعَانِ mujtamaʕāni	الْمُجْتَمَعَانِ al-mujtamaʕāni	مُجْتَمَعَا mujtamaʕā
accusative	مُجْتَمَعَيْنِ mujtamaʕayni	الْمُجْتَمَعَيْنِ al-mujtamaʕayni	مُجْتَمَعَيْ mujtamaʕay
genitive	مُجْتَمَعَيْنِ mujtamaʕayni	الْمُجْتَمَعَيْنِ al-mujtamaʕayni	مُجْتَمَعَيْ mujtamaʕay
plural	sound feminine plural
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مُجْتَمَعَات mujtamaʕāt	الْمُجْتَمَعَات al-mujtamaʕāt	مُجْتَمَعَات mujtamaʕāt
nominative	مُجْتَمَعَاتٌ mujtamaʕātun	الْمُجْتَمَعَاتُ al-mujtamaʕātu	مُجْتَمَعَاتُ mujtamaʕātu
accusative	مُجْتَمَعَاتٍ mujtamaʕātin	الْمُجْتَمَعَاتِ al-mujtamaʕāti	مُجْتَمَعَاتِ mujtamaʕāti
genitive	مُجْتَمَعَاتٍ mujtamaʕātin	الْمُجْتَمَعَاتِ al-mujtamaʕāti	مُجْتَمَعَاتِ mujtamaʕāti

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “مجتمع”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen
Wehr, Hans (1979) “مجتمع”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُجْتَمِع (mujtamiʕ).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /mud͡ʒ.ta.ˈmiʔ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊd͡ʒ.t̪ʰä.me̞ʔ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊd͡ʒ.t̪ʰä.meː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mud͡ʒ.t̪ʰä.meː]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mod͡ʒ.t̪ʰæ.meʔ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mud͡ʒ.t̪ʰä.meʔ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	mujtami'
Dari reading^?	mujtame'
Iranian reading^?	mojtame'
Tajik reading^?	mujtame'

Adjective

مجتمع • (mojtame') (comparative مجتمع‌تَر, superlative مجتمع‌تَرین)

assembled, convened
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 184:
  چون از ایشان مجتمع بینی دو یار
  هم یکی باشند و هم ششصد هزار
  čūn az ēšān mutjami' bēnī du yār
  ham yakē bāšand ham šaš sad hazār
  When you see two of them met together as friends,
  they are one, and at the same time (they are) six hundred thousand.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)
confederate, united

Derived terms

مجتمعا (mojtame'an)

References

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