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)
- (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 [...].
Translations
the worldwide Muslim community
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See also
Malay
Etymology
From Arabic أُمَّة (ʔumma, “community”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ummah/
Noun
ummah (Jawi spelling اومة, plural ummah-ummah)
Portuguese
Noun
ummah f (uncountable)
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)