ذات

Arabic

Noun

ذَات (ḏāt) f (dual ذَوَاتَا (ḏawātā) or ذَاتَا (ḏātā), dual oblique ذَوَاتَيْ (ḏawātay) or ذَاتَيْ (ḏātay), plural ذَوَات (ḏawāt) or أُولَات (ʾulāt), masculine ذُو (ḏū)) (construct state only)

  1. feminine singular of ذُو (ḏū, possessor of, owner of)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 111:3:
      سَيَصْلَى نَارًا ذَاتَ لَهَبٍ
      sayaṣlā nāran ḏāta lahabin
      He will burn in a Fire of flame
  2. spontaneousness
    ذَات الْبَيْنḏāt al-bayndisagreement, enmity; concord, friendship
    ذَاتَ يَوْمٍḏāta yawminone day, once
    ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍḏāta laylatinon a certain night
    ذَاتَ مَرَّةٍḏāta marratinonce; one time
    • (Can we date this quote?) Ahmad Shawqi
      يُقَالُ كَانَ الْكَلْبُ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ
      بَيْنَ الرِّيَاضِ غَارِقًا فِي النَّوْمِ
      yuqālu kāna l-kalbu ḏāta yawmin
      bayna r-riyāḍi ḡāriqan fī n-nawmi
      (please add an English translation of this quote)

Declension

Derived terms

  • ذَات الرِّئَة f (ḏāt ar-riʔa, pneumonia, noun)
  • ذَات الصُّدُور f (ḏāt aṣ-ṣudūr, noun)
  • ذَات الْبَيْن f (ḏāt al-bayn, noun)
  • ذَات الشِّمَال f (ḏāt aš-šimāl, noun)
  • ذَات الشَّفَة f (ḏāt aš-šafa, noun)
  • ذَات اليَمِين f (ḏāt al-yamīn, noun)
  • ذَات الْآَجْرَاس f (ḏāt al-ʔāajrās, noun)
  • ذَات الْقَرْنَيْنِ f (ḏāt al-qarnayni, noun)
  • ذَات الجَنْب f (ḏāt al-janb, pleurisy, noun)

Noun

ذَات (ḏāt) f (dual ذَاتَانِ (ḏātāni), plural ذَوَات (ḏawāt))

  1. being, essence, substance, nature
  2. person, individual
    ذَاتًاḏātanpersonally
  3. self, identity
    ذَات نَفْسِهِḏāt nafsihihis self
    ذَات أَنْفُسِهِمḏāt ʔanfusihimtheir selves
  4. -self
    هُوَ بِذَاتِهِhuwa biḏātihihe himself
    هُوَ ذَاتُهُhuwa ḏātuhuhe himself
  5. same
    ذَات الشَّيْءḏāt aš-šayʔthe same thing
    ذَات الْأَشْيَاءḏāt al-ʔašyāʔthe same things
    السَّنَة ذَاتُهَاas-sana ḏātuhāthe same year
  6. material object
    اِسْم الذَّاتism aḏ-ḏātconcrete noun

Declension

Derived terms

  • اَلذَّات الإِلَٰهِيَّة f (aḏ-ḏāt al-ʔilāhiyya, noun)
  • اِسْمُ ذَاتٍ m (ismu ḏātin, concrete noun, noun)
  • تَحْلِيلُ الذَّات m (taḥlīlu ḏ-ḏāt, noun)
  • تَقْرِيع الذَّات m (taqrīʕ aḏ-ḏāt, noun)
  • حُبُّ الذَّات m (ḥubbu ḏ-ḏāt, noun)
  • دِرَاسَة الذَّات f (dirāsa(t) aḏ-ḏāt, noun)
  • مَعْرِفَة الذَّات f (maʕrifa(t) aḏ-ḏāt, noun)
  • تَكَامُلُ الذَّات m (takāmulu ḏ-ḏāt, noun)
  • عِشْق الذَّات m (ʕišq aḏ-ḏāt, noun)
  • اِنْطِوَاءٌ عَلَى الذَّات m (inṭiwāʔun ʕalā ḏ-ḏāt, noun)

Descendants

  • North Levantine Arabic: ذات (learned)
  • Swahili: dhati

Pronoun

ذَاتَ (ḏāta) f

  1. (rare, obsolete) feminine singular of ذَا (ḏā, this)

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic ذات (ḏāt).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zeːt/

Noun

ذات (zēt, zāt) f

  1. essence
  2. same
  3. -self

Usage notes

  • Often used with enclitic suffixes with the singular and plural third-person pronouns, هو, هي, and هن/هنن.
    • هو ذاتهُ (huwwe zēto, the same one) masc.
    • هي ذاتهَا (hiyye zēta, the same one) fem.
    • هن ذاتهُن (hinne zētun, the same ones)

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic ذَات (ḏāt).

Pronunciation

Noun

ذات (zât)

  1. essence
  2. nature (characteristic)
  3. substance

Derived terms

  • بدذات (badzât)
  • ذاتاً (zâtan)
  • ذاتی (zâti)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ذات, from Arabic.

Pronunciation

Noun

ذات (zāt) f (Hindi spelling ज़ात)

  1. essence
  2. nature (characteristic)
  3. substance
  4. body
  5. person, entity
  6. self, ego
  7. possessor, owner
  8. breed, caste
  9. generation
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