Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish جماعت (cemâat), from Arabic جَمَاعَة (jamāʕa).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒěmaːt/
  • Hyphenation: џе‧мат

Noun

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џѐма̄т m (Latin spelling džèmāt)

  1. (Islam) congregation
  2. (Islam) jamaat
  3. community, society, group

Declension

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References

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  • џемат”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
  • Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 236 seq.