ہمت

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

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɦɪm.mət̪/

Noun

ہِمَّت • (himmat) f (Hindi spelling हिम्मत)

1. courage, valour

References

• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “ہمت”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.