اجتماع

Arabic

Root
ج م ع (j-m-ʕ)

Etymology

Verbal noun of اِجْتَمَعَ (ijtamaʕa, “to meet (intransitive)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /id͡ʒ.ti.maːʕ/

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Noun

اِجْتِمَاع • (ijtimāʕ) m (plural اِجْتِمَاعَات (ijtimāʕāt))

1. verbal noun of اِجْتَمَعَ (ijtamaʕa) (form VIII)
2. meeting (بِ (bi) with someone), assembly
3. convention
4. (astronomy) constellation, conjunction
5. social life

   الاِجْتِمَاع ― al-ijtimāʕ ― human society

Declension

Declension of noun اِجْتِمَاع (ijtimāʕ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اِجْتِمَاع ijtimāʕ	الِاجْتِمَاع al-ijtimāʕ	اِجْتِمَاع ijtimāʕ
Nominative	اِجْتِمَاعٌ ijtimāʕun	الِاجْتِمَاعُ al-ijtimāʕu	اِجْتِمَاعُ ijtimāʕu
Accusative	اِجْتِمَاعًا ijtimāʕan	الِاجْتِمَاعَ al-ijtimāʕa	اِجْتِمَاعَ ijtimāʕa
Genitive	اِجْتِمَاعٍ ijtimāʕin	الِاجْتِمَاعِ al-ijtimāʕi	اِجْتِمَاعِ ijtimāʕi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اِجْتِمَاعَيْن ijtimāʕayn	الِاجْتِمَاعَيْن al-ijtimāʕayn	اِجْتِمَاعَيْ ijtimāʕay
Nominative	اِجْتِمَاعَانِ ijtimāʕāni	الِاجْتِمَاعَانِ al-ijtimāʕāni	اِجْتِمَاعَا ijtimāʕā
Accusative	اِجْتِمَاعَيْنِ ijtimāʕayni	الِاجْتِمَاعَيْنِ al-ijtimāʕayni	اِجْتِمَاعَيْ ijtimāʕay
Genitive	اِجْتِمَاعَيْنِ ijtimāʕayni	الِاجْتِمَاعَيْنِ al-ijtimāʕayni	اِجْتِمَاعَيْ ijtimāʕay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اِجْتِمَاعَات ijtimāʕāt	الِاجْتِمَاعَات al-ijtimāʕāt	اِجْتِمَاعَات ijtimāʕāt
Nominative	اِجْتِمَاعَاتٌ ijtimāʕātun	الِاجْتِمَاعَاتُ al-ijtimāʕātu	اِجْتِمَاعَاتُ ijtimāʕātu
Accusative	اِجْتِمَاعَاتٍ ijtimāʕātin	الِاجْتِمَاعَاتِ al-ijtimāʕāti	اِجْتِمَاعَاتِ ijtimāʕāti
Genitive	اِجْتِمَاعَاتٍ ijtimāʕātin	الِاجْتِمَاعَاتِ al-ijtimāʕāti	اِجْتِمَاعَاتِ ijtimāʕāti

Descendants

• Bengali: ইজতেমা (ijtema)
• Persian: اجتماع (ejtemâ')
• Urdu: اجتماع (ijtemā)
• Uzbek: ijtimoiy

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “جمع”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِجْتِمَاع (ijtimāʕ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔid͡ʒ.ti.ˈmɑːʔ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪd͡ʒ.t̪ʰɪ.mɑ́ːʔ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪd͡ʒ.t̪ʰɪ.mɑ́ːʔ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪd͡ʒ.t̪ʰɪ.mɑ́ː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔid͡ʒ.t̪ʰi.mɔ́ː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔed͡ʒ.t̪ʰe.mɒ́ːʔ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔid͡ʒ.t̪ʰi.mɔ́ʔ]

Readings
Classical reading?	ijtimā'
Dari reading?	ijtimā'
Iranian reading?	ejtemâ'
Tajik reading?	ijtimoʾ

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Noun

Dari	اجتماع
Iranian Persian
Tajik	иҷтимоъ

اِجْتِماع • (ejtemâ') (plural اجتماعات (ejtemâ'ât))

1. society

   Synonym: جامِعِه (jâme'e)

2. community

   Synonym: جامِعِه (jâme'e)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ج م ع
7 terms

Etymology

From Arabic اِجْتِمَاع (ijtimāʕ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iʒ.ti.maːʕ/, [ɪʒ.ti.mæːʕ], [ɪd͡ʒ.ti.mæːʕ]

• Audio (al-Lidd):

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Noun

اجتماع • (ijtimāʕ) m (plural اجتماعات (ijtimāʕāt))

1. meeting

Urdu

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɪd͡ʒ.t̪ɪ.mɑː/

Noun

اِجْتِماع • (ijtimā') m (Hindi spelling इज्तिमा)

1. assemblage
2. convention, gathering