Etymology

ummah

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Today it means: The worldwide Muslim community. Full definition →

Arabic أُمَّة
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The story

  1. Arabic · borrowed fromأُمَّة“community”
  2. English todayummah

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.