عظمت

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian عَظَمَت (azamat), from Arabic عَظَمَة (ʕaẓama).[1] First attested in c. 1635 as Middle Hindi عظمت ('z̤mt /⁠azmat⁠/).[2]

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /(ʔ)əz.mət̪/, /(ʔ)ə.zə.mət̪/
  • Rhymes: -ət̪
  • Hyphenation: عَظ‧مَت
  • Hyphenation: عَ‧ظَ‧مَت

Noun

عَظْمَت or عَظَمَت • ('azmat or 'azamat) f (Hindi spelling अज़्मत or अज़मत)

  1. grandeur, greatness; might
    Synonym: بَڑائِی (baṛāī)
    پَاک فَوج کی رُوحَانی عَظْمَتیں ― pāk fauj kī rūhānī 'azmatẽ ― The spiritual grandeur of the Pakistani Army
  2. glory, magnificence
  3. dignity

Declension

Declension of عظمت
singular plural
direct عَظْمَت ('azmat) عَظْمَتیں ('azmatẽ)
oblique عَظْمَت ('azmat) عَظْمَتوں ('azmatõ)
vocative عَظْمَت ('azmat) عَظْمَتو ('azmato)

References

  1. ^ Platts, John T. (1884), “عظمت”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 762
  2. ^ “عظمت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

Further reading

  • “عظمت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “عظمت”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Fallon, S. W. (1879), “عظمت”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
  • John Shakespear (1834), “عظمت”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
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