عمومی

See also: عمومي

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عُمُومِيّ (ʕumūmiyy).

Adjective

عمومی • (ʿumûmî) (feminine عمومیه (ʿumûmiyye))

  1. general, universal
    افكار عمومیهefkâr-ı ʿumûmiyyethe public thoughts and opinions

Derived terms

  • عمومیلك (ʿumûmîlik)

Descendants

  • Turkish: umumî

References

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “umum”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890), “عمومی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1322
  • Robert Avery et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عُمُومِيّ (ʕumūmiyy).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? umūmī
Dari reading? umūmī
Iranian reading? omumi
Tajik reading? 'umumi

Adjective

عمومی • (umūmī / omumi) (Tajik spelling умумӣ)

  1. public
    کتابخانهٔ عمومیkitābxāna-yi umūmī / ketâbxâne-ye omumipublic library
  2. general
Persian terms derived from the Arabic root ع م م (0 c, 6 e)

Further reading

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عُمُومِيّ (ʕumūmiyy).

Pronunciation

Adjective

عُمُومِی • ('umūmī) (Hindi spelling उमूमी)

  1. general

References

  • عمومی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • عمومی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.