أمة
العربية
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أمة¹
Where it comes from
Compare أُمّ (ʔumm, “mother”). Cognate with Hebrew אומה / אֻמָּה (ʾummā).
noun أُمَّة · ʔumma · أُمَم · الْأُمَّة
- community, people, nation وَلْتَكُن مِنْكُمْ أُمَّةٌ يَدْعُونَ إِلَى ٱلْخَيْرِ وَيَأْمُرُونَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ ٱلْمُنْكَرِ وَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْمُفْلِحُونَ
أمة²
Where it comes from
Inherited from Proto-Semitic *ʔamat-.
noun أَمَة · ʔama · ʔimāʔ · آمِي · ʔimwān · ʔumwān
- slave-girl
In English
- slave person owned by another
- nation community of people
- ummah the worldwide Muslim community
- slave-girl female slave
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