ummah
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic أُمَّة (ʔumma, “community”).
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Noun edit
ummah (plural ummahs)
- (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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the worldwide Muslim community
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Malay edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic أُمَّة (ʔumma, “community”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ummah (Jawi spelling اومة, plural ummah-ummah, informal 1st possessive ummahku, 2nd possessive ummahmu, 3rd possessive ummahnya)
Portuguese edit
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ummah f (uncountable)
Tagalog edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic أُمَّة (ʔumma, “community”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈʔuma/, [ˈʔu.mɐ]
- Rhymes: -uma
- Syllabification: u‧mmah
Noun edit
ummah (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜋ) (Islam)