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'zat

'zat is the clipping of izzat.

Meaning of izzat

Noun

izzat (uncountable)

  1. (India, North, Pakistan) Honour, pride; reputation.
    • ‘But whether the native swaggers or cringes there's always something behind every remark he makes, always something, and if nothing else he's trying to increase his izzat – in plain Anglo-Saxon, to score.’1924, EM Forster, A Passage to India, Penguin, published 2005, page 29
  2. (derogatory) A purported system of social credit alleged to be endemic to Indian culture that is used in Indophobic circles as an explanation for the perceived behaviour of Indians.

Questions about 'zat

What is 'zat the clipping of?
'zat is the clipping of izzat.

Words near 'zat in the dictionary

  1. 'zackly
  2. 'zactly
  3. 'zamination
  4. 'zaminations
  5. 'zas
  6. 'zat
  7. 'zine
  8. 'zines
  9. 'zounds
  10. (134340) Pluto
  11. (555)

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