همت
Arabic
Verb
همت (form I)
- هَمَّتْ (hammat) /ham.mat/: third-person feminine singular past active of هَمَّ (hamma)
- هُمَّتْ (hummat) /hum.mat/: third-person feminine singular past passive of هَمَّ (hamma)
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Noun
همت • (himmet)
- effort
- influence
- support
Descendants
- Turkish: himmet
Further reading
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “himmet”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “همت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1326b
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic هِمَّة (himma).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /him.ˈmat/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [hɪm.mät̪]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [hem.mæt̪]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [him.mät̪]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | himmat |
| Dari reading? | himmat |
| Iranian reading? | hemmat |
| Tajik reading? | himmat |
Noun
همت • (hemmat) (plural همم (hemam))