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ummah

/ˈʊmə/

ummah noun: the worldwide Muslim community.

Noun

ummah (plural ummahs)

  1. 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

ummah meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Tagalog

ummah in Hindi

the worldwide Muslim community
उम्मा ummā, उम्मत ummat

ummah in Urdu

the worldwide Muslim community
امت ummat

ummah in Bengali

the worldwide Muslim community
উম্মত ummot

ummah in Tagalog

the worldwide Muslim community
ummah
More languagesFewer languages
ummah in Arabic
أُمَّة ʔumma
ummah in Malay
ummah, umat
ummah in Thai
อุมมะฮ์, อุมมะฮฺ, อุมมะห์

Forms of ummah

pluralummahs
alternative formumma

Origin of ummah

Borrowed from Arabic أُمَّة (ʔumma, “community”). Cognate to Hebrew אומה / אֻמָּה (ʾummā, “nation”).

Questions about ummah

What does ummah mean?
Ummah means the worldwide Muslim community.
What is ummah in Hindi?
Ummah in Hindi is उम्मा (ummā), उम्मत (ummat). See Ummah meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is ummah?
Ummah is a noun.
How do you pronounce ummah?
Ummah is pronounced /ˈʊmə/.
What is the plural of ummah?
The plural of ummah is ummahs.

Words near ummah in the dictionary

  1. Umm al Qaywayn
  2. Umm al Quwain
  3. Umm al-Quwain
  4. Umm Qasr
  5. umma
  6. ummah
  7. ummahs
  8. ummas
  9. ummed
  10. umming
  11. Ummon

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