Ummah

//ˈʊmə// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The worldwide Muslim community.

    "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 [...]."

  2. 2
    the Muslim community or people, considered to extend from Mauritania to Pakistan wordnet

Synonyms

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islam nationislamic ummahmuslim ummahumma

Example

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"I wanted to be part of the Muslim ummah."

Etymology

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

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