ummah

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English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أُمَّة (ʔumma, “community”). Cognate to Hebrew אומה / אֻמָּה (ʾummā, “nation”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ummah (plural ummahs)

  1. (Islam) The worldwide Muslim community.
    • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 258:
      That concept of a united ummah has survived all subsequent divisions in Islam, including the great and so far permanent rupture between Sunni and Shī‘a [...].

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Malay

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Etymology

From Arabic أُمَّة (ʔumma, “community”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ummah (Jawi spelling اومة, plural ummah-ummah, informal 1st possessive ummahku, 2nd possessive ummahmu, 3rd possessive ummahnya)

  1. community (usually the Muslim community)
    Synonym: umat

Portuguese

Noun

ummah f (uncountable)

  1. (Islam) ummah (the worldwide Muslim community)

Tagalog

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Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Arabic أُمَّة (ʔumma), possibly via English ummah.

Pronunciation

Noun

ummah (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜋ) (Islam)

  1. ummah (worldwide Muslim community)

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