ummah

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أُمَّة‎ (ʾumma, “community”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʊmə/

Noun

ummah (plural ummahs)

  1. (Islam) The worldwide Muslim community.
    • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 258:
      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 [...].

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Malay

Alternative forms
  • اومة‎

Etymology

From Arabic أُمَّة‎ (ʾumma, “community”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ummah/

Noun

ummah (Jawi spelling اومة)

  1. community (usually the Muslim community)

Portuguese

Noun

ummah f (uncountable)

  1. (Islam) ummah (the worldwide Muslim community)
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