ذلت

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Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ذِلَّة (ḏilla).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? ḏillat, zillat
Dari reading? zillat
Iranian reading? zellat
Tajik reading? zillat

Noun

Dari ذلت
Iranian Persian
Tajik зиллат

ذلت (zellat)

  1. abjectness
  2. suffering, hardship, abjection, prostration
  3. humiliation

Descendants

  • Hindustani:
    Hindi: ज़िल्लत (zillat)
    Urdu: ذِلَّت (zillat)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ذلت (zillat), from Arabic ذِلَّة (ḏilla).

Pronunciation

Noun

ذِلَّت (zillatf (Hindi spelling ज़िल्लत)

  1. dishonour, insult, humiliation

Declension

    Declension of ذلت
singular plural
direct ذِلَّت (zillat) ذِلَّتیں (zillatẽ)
oblique ذِلَّت (zillat) ذِلَّتوں (zillatõ)
vocative ذِلَّت (zillat) ذِلَّتو (zillato)

References

  • ذلت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • ذلت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.