همت

Arabic

Verb

هَمَّتْ • (hammat) (form I)

third-person feminine singular past active of هَمَّ (hamma)

Verb

هُمَّتْ • (hummat) (form I)

third-person feminine singular past passive of هَمَّ (hamma)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic هِمَّة (himma).

Noun

همت • (himmet)

effort
influence
support

Descendants

Turkish: himmet

Further reading

Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “himmet”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “همت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1326b

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic هِمَّة (himma).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [him.mat]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hɪm.mät̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪm.mät̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔim.mät̪]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [hem.mæt̪]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [him.mät̪]

Readings
Classical reading^?	himmat
Dari reading^?	himmat
Iranian reading^?	hemmat
Tajik reading^?	himmat

Noun

همت • (hemmat) (plural همم (hemam))

aspiration; zeal

Descendants

→ Gujarati: હિંમત (himmat)
→ Hindustani: himmat
Hindi: हिम्मत

Urdu: ہمت
→ Marathi: हिंमत (himmat)
→ Punjabi: ਹਿੰਮਤ (himmat)

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