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Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian همت (himmat), from Arabic هِمَّة (himma). Compare Gujarati હિંમત (himmat), Marathi हिंमत (himmat), Punjabi ਹਿੰਮਤ (himmat) / ہِمت (himt).
Pronunciation
Noun
ہِمَّت • (himmat) f (Hindi spelling हिम्मत)
- courage, valour
References
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “ہمت”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.