ذات

ذَات • (ḏāt) f (dual ذَوَاتَا‎ (ḏawātā) or ذَاتَا‎ (ḏātā), dual oblique ذَوَاتَيْ‎ (ḏawātay) or ذَاتَيْ‎ (ḏātay), plural ذَوَات‎ (ḏawāt) or أُولَات‎ (ʾulāt), masculine ذُو‎ (ḏū))

(construct state only)

1. female equivalent of ذُو‎ (ḏū, “possessor of, owner of”)
2. spontaneousness

   ‏ذَات الْبَيْن‎ ― ḏāt al-bayn ― disagreement, enmity; concord, friendship

   ‏ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ‎ ― ḏāta yawmin ― one day, once

   ‏ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ‎ ― ḏāta laylatin ― on a certain night

ذَات • (ḏāt) f (dual ذَاتَانِ‎ (ḏātāni), plural ذَوَات‎ (ḏawāt))

1. being, essence, substance, nature
2. person, individual

   ‏ذَاتًا‎ ― ḏātan ― personally

3. self, identity

   ‏ذَات نَفْسِهِ‎ ― ḏāt nafsihi ― his self

   ‏ذَات أَنْفُسِهِم‎ ― ḏāt ʾanfusihim ― their selves

4. -self

   ‏هُوَ بِذَاتِهِ‎ ― huwa biḏātihi ― he himself

   ‏هُوَ ذَاتُهُ‎ ― huwa ḏātuhu ― he himself

5. same

   ‏ذَات الشَّيْء‎ ― ḏāt aš-šayʾ ― the same thing

   ‏ذَات الْأَشْيَاء‎ ― ḏāt al-ʾašyāʾ ― the same things

   ‏السَّنَة ذَاتُهَا‎ ― as-sana ḏātuhā ― the same year

6. material object

   ‏اِسْم الذَّات‎ ― ism aḏ-ḏāt ― noun

ذَاتَ • (ḏāta) f

1. (rare, obsolete) feminine of ذَا‎ (ḏā, “this”)

From Arabic.

• IPA^(key): /zɒːt/

ذات • (zât)

1. essence
2. nature (characteristic)
3. substance

From Persian ذات‎, from Arabic

ذات • (zāt) f (Hindi spelling ज़ात)

1. essence
2. nature (characteristic)
3. substance
4. body
5. person, entity
6. self, ego
7. possessor, owner
8. breed, caste
9. generation

• ذاتی‎