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ummah

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈʊmə/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The worldwide Muslim community.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: Islam, lifestyle, religion

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the Muslim community or people, considered to extend from Mauritania to Pakistan

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • moderate Muslims urge the Ummah to reject the terrorism of radical Muslims

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Umma, Muslim Ummah, Islamic Ummah, Islam Nation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: community

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أُمَّة (ʔumma, “community”). Cognate to Hebrew אומה / אֻמָּה (ʾummā, “nation”).

Across languages

Translations

47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: ummë — the worldwide Muslim community
  • Arabic: أُمَّة (ʔumma) — the worldwide Muslim community
  • Azerbaijani: ümmət — the worldwide Muslim community
  • Bashkir: өммәт (ömmət) — the worldwide Muslim community
  • Bengali: উম্মত (ummot) — the worldwide Muslim community
  • Chinese Mandarin: 烏瑪 /乌玛 (wūmǎ) — the worldwide Muslim community
  • Chinese Mandarin: 稳麦 (wěnmǎi) — the worldwide Muslim community
  • Chinese Mandarin: 文麦提 (wénmàití) — the worldwide Muslim community
  • Finnish: umma — the worldwide Muslim community
  • French: oumma — the worldwide Muslim community
  • French: umma — the worldwide Muslim community
  • German: Umma — the worldwide Muslim community
  • Hindi: उम्मा (ummā) — the worldwide Muslim community
  • Hindi: उम्मत (ummat) — the worldwide Muslim community
  • Italian: umma — the worldwide Muslim community
  • Japanese: ウンマ (unma) — the worldwide Muslim community
  • Kazakh: умма (umma) — the worldwide Muslim community
  • Korean: 움마 (umma) — the worldwide Muslim community
  • Kumyk: уьммет (ümmet) — the worldwide Muslim community
  • Kyrgyz: умма (umma) — the worldwide Muslim community
  • Malay: اومة — the worldwide Muslim community
  • Malay: ummah — the worldwide Muslim community
  • Malay: umat — the worldwide Muslim community
  • Norwegian Bokmål: umma — the worldwide Muslim community
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: umma — the worldwide Muslim community
  • Dari: امت (ummat) — the worldwide Muslim community
  • Iranian Persian: امت (ommat) — the worldwide Muslim community
  • Polish: umma — the worldwide Muslim community
  • Portuguese: ummah — the worldwide Muslim community
  • Russian: у́мма (úmma) — the worldwide Muslim community
  • Serbo-Croatian: uma — the worldwide Muslim community
  • Serbo-Croatian: umma — the worldwide Muslim community
  • Serbo-Croatian: umet — the worldwide Muslim community
  • Serbo-Croatian: ummet — the worldwide Muslim community
  • Spanish: umma — the worldwide Muslim community
  • Swedish: umma — the worldwide Muslim community
  • Tagalog: ummah — the worldwide Muslim community
  • Tajik: уммат (ummat) — the worldwide Muslim community
  • Tausug: ummat — the worldwide Muslim community
  • Thai: อุมมะฮ์ — the worldwide Muslim community
  • Thai: อุมมะฮฺ — the worldwide Muslim community
  • Thai: อุมมะห์ — the worldwide Muslim community
  • Turkish: ümmet — the worldwide Muslim community
  • Urdu: امت (ummat) — the worldwide Muslim community
  • Uyghur: ئۈممەت (ümmet) — the worldwide Muslim community
  • Uzbek: umma — the worldwide Muslim community
  • Yakan: ummat — the worldwide Muslim community