ذلت

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ذِلَّة (ḏilla).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [zɪl.lǽt̪]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [zɪl.lǽt̪]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [zil.lǽt̪]

Readings
Classical reading? ḏillat, zillat
Dari reading? zillat
Iranian reading? zellat
Tajik reading? zillat

Noun
Dari ذلت
Iranian Persian
Tajik зиллат

ذلت • (zellat)

  1. abjectness
  2. suffering, hardship, abjection, prostration
  3. humiliation

Descendants
  • → Hindustani
    • Hindi: ज़िल्लत (zillat)
    • Urdu: ذِلَّت (zillat)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ذلت (zillat), from Arabic ذِلَّة (ḏilla).

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /zɪ.lː.ət̪/
  • Rhymes: -ət̪
  • Hyphenation: ذِلْ‧لَت

Noun

ذِلَّت • (zillat) f (Hindi spelling ज़िल्लत)

  1. dishonour, insult, humiliation

Declension
Declension of ذلت
singular plural
direct ذِلَّت (zillat) ذِلَّتیں (zillatẽ)
oblique ذِلَّت (zillat) ذِلَّتوں (zillatõ)
vocative ذِلَّت (zillat) ذِلَّتو (zillato)

References
  • “ذلت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “ذلت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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