جمعیت

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَمْعِيَّة (jamʕiyya, association; gathering, assembly); analyzable as جمع (cemʼ, collection) + ـیت (-iyet).

Noun

جمعیت • (cemʼiyet)

  1. society, association, club, a group of people who meet to engage in a common interest
    Synonym: انجمن (encümen)
  2. convocation, assembly, meeting, reunion, any gathering of persons for a specific purpose
    Synonyms: اجتماع (ictimaʼ), انجمن (encümen), درنك (dernek), مجلس (meclis)
  3. (sociology) society, a long-standing group of individuals sharing cultural aspects

Derived terms

  • جمعیت خاطر (cemʼiyet-i hatır, composure of mind)
  • جمعیتسز (cemʼiyetsiz, thinly attended)
  • جمعیتلو (cemʼiyetli, well attended)
  • جمعیتگاه (cemʼiyetgâh, rendezvous)

Descendants

  • Turkish: cemiyet
  • Crimean Tatar: cemiyet

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَمْعِيَّة (jamʕiyya).

Pronunciation

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  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [d͡ʒäm.ʔij.jät̪]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [d͡ʒä.mij.jät̪]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [d͡ʒä.mij.jät̪]

Readings
Classical reading? jam'iyyat
Dari reading? jam'iyyat
Iranian reading? jam'iyyat
Tajik reading? jamʾiyyat

Noun

جَمْعِیَّت • (jam'iyyat)

  1. population
    جمعیت ایران در حدود هشتاد میلیون نفر است.
    jam'iyyat-e irân dar hodud-e haštâd milyun nafar ast.
    The population of Iran is around eighty million.
  2. throng, crowd
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