izzat
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Borrowed from Hindustani عِزَّت ('izzat) / इज़्ज़त (izzat), from Classical Persian عِزَّت ('izzat), from Arabic عِزَّة (ʕizza).
Noun[edit]
izzat (uncountable)
- (North India, Pakistan) Honour, pride; reputation.
- 1924, EM Forster, A Passage to India, Penguin, published 2005, page 29:
- ‘But whether the native swaggers or cringes there's always something behind every remark he makes, always something, and if nothing else he's trying to increase his izzat – in plain Anglo-Saxon, to score.’
- 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 10:
- ‘She has cut off our noses. And our izzat.’
Etymology 2[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Contraction[edit]
izzat
Malay[edit]
Noun[edit]
izzat (Jawi spelling عزة, plural izzat-izzat, informal 1st possessive izzatku, 2nd possessive izzatmu, 3rd possessive izzatnya)
Further reading[edit]
- “izzat” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
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