izzat

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English

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hindustani عِزَّت ('izzat) / इज़्ज़त (izzat), from Classical Persian عِزَّت (izzat), from Arabic عِزَّة (ʕizza).

Noun

izzat (uncountable)

  1. (North India, Pakistan) Honour, pride; reputation.
    • 1924, EM Forster, A Passage to India, Penguin, published 2005, page 29:
      ‘But whether the native swaggers or cringes there's always something behind every remark he makes, always something, and if nothing else he's trying to increase his izzat – in plain Anglo-Saxon, to score.’
    • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 10:
      ‘She has cut off our noses. And our izzat.’

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Contraction

izzat

  1. (informal) Contraction of is that.

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic عِزَّة (ʕizza).

Noun

izzat (Jawi spelling عزة, plural izzat-izzat, informal 1st possessive izzatku, 2nd possessive izzatmu, 3rd possessive izzatnya)

  1. honor; distinction

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Uzbek

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عِزَّة (ʕizza).

Noun

izzat (plural izzatlar)

  1. respect, esteem, honor
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