izzat

English

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

• izat, zat, 'zat

Contraction

izzat

1. (informal) Contraction of is that.

Malay

Noun

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

1. honor; distinction

Further reading

• “izzat” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.