همت

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Arabic

Verb

همت (form I)

  1. هَمَّتْ (hammat) /ham.mat/: third-person feminine singular past active of هَمَّ (hamma)
  2. هُمَّتْ (hummat) /hum.mat/: third-person feminine singular past passive of هَمَّ (hamma)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic هِمَّة (himma).

Noun

همت • (himmet)

  1. effort
  2. influence
  3. support

Descendants

  • Turkish: himmet

Further reading

  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “himmet”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “همت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1326b

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic هِمَّة (himma).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? himmat
Dari reading? himmat
Iranian reading? hemmat
Tajik reading? himmat

Noun

همت • (hemmat) (plural همم (hemam))

  1. aspiration; zeal

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