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)
- (Islam) infallibility; protection from sin (e.g. of the Shi'a imams)
- (archaic) chastity; purity
- زن با عصمت ― zan bâ esmat ― chaste woman
- c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 3”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]:
- من از آن حسن روزافزون که یوسف داشت دانستم
که عشق از پرده عصمت برون آرد زلیخا را- man az ān husn-i rōz-afzūn ki yūsuf dāšt dānistam
ki išq az parda-yi ismat birūn ārad zulayxā rā - 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 ān husn-i rōz-afzūn ki yūsuf dāšt dānistam