camaat

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic جَمَاعَة‎ (jamāʿa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [d͡ʒɑmɑ.ˈɑt], [d͡zɑmɑ.ˈɑt]
  • IPA(key): [d͡ʒɑmɑˈhɑt], [d͡zɑmɑˈhɑt]
  • Hyphenation: ca‧ma‧at

Noun

camaat (definite accusative camaatı, plural camaatlar)

  1. (singular only) people
    Özünü yaxşı apar, camaat baxır!
    Behave, people are looking!
    Camaatın işi-gücü yoxdur!
    People have nothing else to do!
    (other than whatever unworthy business they are doing at the moment)
  2. (singular only) population, populace, inhabitants
    kənd camaatı ― villagers (literally, “people of the village”)
    Oranın camaatı nəynən məşğuldur? ― What do people of that place do?
    Synonyms: sakinlər, əhali
  3. (Islam) jamaat, congregation (a group of believers; Islamic equivalent to parish)

Declension

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