ummah

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أُمَّة (ʔumma, community). Cognate to Hebrew אומה / אֻמָּה (ʾummā, nation).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʊmə/

Noun

ummah (plural ummahs)

  1. (Islam) The worldwide Muslim community.
    • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 258:
      That concept of a united ummah has survived all subsequent divisions in Islam, including the great and so far permanent rupture between Sunni and Shī‘a [...].

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Malay

Etymology

From Arabic أُمَّة (ʔumma, community).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ummah/

Noun

ummah (Jawi spelling اومة, plural ummah-ummah)

  1. community (usually the Muslim community)
    Synonym: umat

Portuguese

Noun

ummah f (uncountable)

  1. (Islam) ummah (the worldwide Muslim community)

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Arabic أُمَّة (ʔumma), possibly via English ummah.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈʔuma/ [ˈʔuː.mɐ]
  • Rhymes: -uma
  • Syllabification: u‧mmah

Noun

ummah (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜋ) (Islam)

  1. ummah (worldwide Muslim community)

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