ummah en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈʊmə/
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic أُمَّة (ʔumma, “community”). Cognate to Hebrew אומה / אֻמָּה (ʾummā, “nation”).
Meanings
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The worldwide Muslim community.
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 [...].
2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 258:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| umma | alternative | lexicographic | |
| ummahs | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
Translations (47)
cmn 文麦提 (the worldwide Muslim community) · sq ummë (the worldwide Muslim community) · ar أُمَّة (the worldwide Muslim community) · fr umma (the worldwide Muslim community) · th อุมมะฮ์ (the worldwide Muslim community) · ko 움마 (the worldwide Muslim community) · kk умма (the worldwide Muslim community) · fa-ira امت (the worldwide Muslim community) · hi उम्मत (the worldwide Muslim community) · fi umma (the worldwide Muslim community) · ru у́мма (the worldwide Muslim community) · sh umma (the worldwide Muslim community) · ms ummah (the worldwide Muslim community) · nn umma (the worldwide Muslim community) · ky умма (the worldwide Muslim community) · it umma (the worldwide Muslim community) · sh ummet (the worldwide Muslim community) · pt ummah (the worldwide Muslim community) · nb umma (the worldwide Muslim community) · cmn 烏瑪 /乌玛 (the worldwide Muslim community) · kum уьммет (the worldwide Muslim community) · tsg ummat (the worldwide Muslim community) · pl umma (the worldwide Muslim community) · ms umat (the worldwide Muslim community) · th อุมมะฮฺ (the worldwide Muslim community) · cmn 稳麦 (the worldwide Muslim community) · ug ئۈممەت (the worldwide Muslim community) · ms اومة (the worldwide Muslim community) · ja ウンマ (the worldwide Muslim community) · th อุมมะห์ (the worldwide Muslim community) · az ümmət (the worldwide Muslim community) · es umma (the worldwide Muslim community) · prs امت (the worldwide Muslim community) · hi उम्मा (the worldwide Muslim community) · ur امت (the worldwide Muslim community) · ba өммәт (the worldwide Muslim community) · tr ümmet (the worldwide Muslim community) · de Umma (the worldwide Muslim community) · tg уммат (the worldwide Muslim community) · fr oumma (the worldwide Muslim community) · uz umma (the worldwide Muslim community) · yka ummat (the worldwide Muslim community) · sh umet (the worldwide Muslim community) · sh uma (the worldwide Muslim community) · bn উম্মত (the worldwide Muslim community) · sv umma (the worldwide Muslim community) · tl ummah (the worldwide Muslim community)