عصمت
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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Proper noun
عصمت • (Ismet)
- a male given name from Arabic, notably belonging to Ismet Inonu, second president of Turkey.
Descendants
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic عِصْمَة (ʕiṣma).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key):
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | ismat |
| Dari reading? | ismat |
| Iranian reading? | esmat |
| Tajik reading? | ismat |
Noun
| Dari | عصمت |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | исмат |
عصمت • ('esmat)
- chastity; purity
- زن با عصمت ― zan bâ 'esmat ― chaste woman
- late 14th century, Xāja Shams-ud-Dīn Moḥammad Ḥāfeẓ-e Shīrāzī, “اگر آن ترک شیرازی به دست آرد دل ما را (Shirazi Turk)”, in دیوان حافظ [Divān of Ḥāfeẓ]:
- من از آن حسن روزافزون که یوسف داشت دانستم
که عشق از پرده عصمت برون آرد زلیخا را- man az ân hosn-e ruz-afzun ke yusof dâšt dânestam
ke 'ešq az parde-ye 'esmat borun ârad zoleyxâ-râ - I have learnt, from that daily-increasing beauty that Joseph had, that Love will bring Zoleykha out from behind the curtain of modesty.
- man az ân hosn-e ruz-afzun ke yusof dâšt dânestam
- (Islam) infallibility; protection from sin (e.g. of the Shi'a imams)