قومیت

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَوْمِيَّة‎ (qawmiyya). Equivalent to قَوم‎ (qaum, “nation”) +‎ ـیَّت‎ (-yyat).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /qɔː.mɪj.jət̪/

(Deccani) IPA^(key): /xɔː.mɪj.jət̪/
Rhymes: -ət̪

Noun

قَومِیَّت • (qaumiyyat) f (Hindi spelling क़ौमिय्यत)

nationality

References

“قومیت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“قومیت”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.

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