ذات

Arabic

Noun

ذَات • (ḏāt) f (dual ذَوَاتَا (ḏawātā) or ذَاتَا (ḏātā), dual oblique ذَوَاتَيْ (ḏawātay) or ذَاتَيْ (ḏātay), plural ذَوَات (ḏawāt) or أُولَات (ʾulāt), masculine ذُو (ḏū)) (construct state only)

1. feminine singular of ذُو (ḏū, “possessor of, owner of”)
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 111:3:

     سَيَصْلَى نَارًا ذَاتَ لَهَبٍ

     sayaṣlā nāran ḏāta lahabin

     He will burn in a Fire of flame

2. spontaneousness

   ذَات الْبَيْن ― ḏāt al-bayn ― disagreement, enmity; concord, friendship

   ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ ― ḏāta yawmin ― one day, once

   ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ ― ḏāta laylatin ― on a certain night

   ذَاتَ مَرَّةٍ ― ḏāta marratin ― once; one time

   • (Can we date this quote?) Ahmad Shawqi

     يُقَالُ كَانَ الْكَلْبُ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ
     بَيْنَ الرِّيَاضِ غَارِقًا فِي النَّوْمِ

     yuqālu kāna l-kalbu ḏāta yawmin
     bayna r-riyāḍi ḡāriqan fī n-nawmi

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Derived terms

• ذَات الرِّئَة f (ḏāt ar-riʔa, “pneumonia”, noun)
• ذَات الصُّدُور f (ḏāt aṣ-ṣudūr, noun)
• ذَات الْبَيْن f (ḏāt al-bayn, noun)
• ذَات الشِّمَال f (ḏāt aš-šimāl, noun)
• ذَات الشَّفَة f (ḏāt aš-šafa, noun)
• ذَات اليَمِين f (ḏāt al-yamīn, noun)
• ذَات الْآَجْرَاس f (ḏāt al-ʔāajrās, noun)
• ذَات الْقَرْنَيْنِ f (ḏāt al-qarnayni, noun)
• ذَات الجَنْب f (ḏāt al-janb, “pleurisy”, noun)

Noun

ذَات • (ḏāt) f (dual ذَاتَانِ (ḏātāni), plural ذَوَات (ḏawāt))

1. being, essence, substance, nature
2. person, individual

   ذَاتًا ― ḏātan ― personally

3. self, identity

   ذَات نَفْسِهِ ― ḏāt nafsihi ― his self

   ذَات أَنْفُسِهِم ― ḏāt ʔanfusihim ― their selves

4. -self

   هُوَ بِذَاتِهِ ― huwa biḏātihi ― he himself

   هُوَ ذَاتُهُ ― huwa ḏātuhu ― he himself

5. same

   ذَات الشَّيْء ― ḏāt aš-šayʔ ― the same thing

   ذَات الْأَشْيَاء ― ḏāt al-ʔašyāʔ ― the same things

   السَّنَة ذَاتُهَا ― as-sana ḏātuhā ― the same year

6. material object

   اِسْم الذَّات ― ism aḏ-ḏāt ― concrete noun

7. (philosophy) essence

   Coordinate term: عَرَض (ʕaraḍ, “accident”)

Declension

Derived terms

• اَلذَّات الإِلَٰهِيَّة f (aḏ-ḏāt al-ʔilāhiyya, noun)
• اِسْمُ ذَاتٍ m (ismu ḏātin, “concrete noun”, noun)
• تَحْلِيلُ الذَّات m (taḥlīlu ḏ-ḏāt, noun)
• تَقْرِيع الذَّات m (taqrīʕ aḏ-ḏāt, noun)
• حُبُّ الذَّات m (ḥubbu ḏ-ḏāt, noun)
• دِرَاسَة الذَّات f (dirāsa(t) aḏ-ḏāt, noun)
• مَعْرِفَة الذَّات f (maʕrifa(t) aḏ-ḏāt, noun)
• تَكَامُلُ الذَّات m (takāmulu ḏ-ḏāt, noun)
• عِشْق الذَّات m (ʕišq aḏ-ḏāt, noun)
• اِنْطِوَاءٌ عَلَى الذَّات m (inṭiwāʔun ʕalā ḏ-ḏāt, noun)

Descendants

• → North Levantine Arabic: ذات (learned)
• → Ottoman Turkish: ذات
• → Swahili: dhati
• → Turkmen: zat

Pronoun

ذَاتَ • (ḏāta) f

1. (rare, obsolete) feminine singular of ذَا (ḏā, “this”)

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic ذات (ḏāt).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zeːt/

Noun

ذات • (zēt, zāt) f

1. essence
2. same
3. -self

Usage notes

• Often used with enclitic suffixes with the singular and plural third-person pronouns, هو, هي, and هن/هنن.
  • هو ذاتهُ (huwwe zēto, “the same one”) masc.
  • هي ذاتهَا (hiyye zēta, “the same one”) fem.
  • هن ذاتهُن (hinne zētun, “the same ones”)

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic ذَات (ḏāt).

Pronunciation

Noun

ذات • (zât) (plural ذوات (zavât))

1. essence; nature, fundamental characteristic

   در ذاتش ― dar zât-eš ― in its essence; essentially

2. substance
3. (archaic) person; especially often used in old-fashioned honorifics.

   ذات شریف ― zât-e šarif ― his noble person

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: ज़ात (zāt)

  Urdu: ذَات (zāt)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ذات (zāt), from Arabic ذَات (ḏāt).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /zɑːt̪/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːt̪

Noun

ذات • (zāt) f (Hindi spelling ज़ात)

1. essence
2. nature (characteristic)
3. substance
4. body
5. person, entity
6. self, ego
7. possessor, owner
8. breed, caste
9. generation

Related terms

• ذاتی (zātī)