ummah

U1M3M3A1H4
/ˈʊmə/

noun

The worldwide Muslim community.

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UmmaMuslim UmmahIslamic UmmahIslam Nation
OriginArabic أُمَّة →
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Meanings

nounummah (plural ummahs)

plural ummahs · alternative umma

  1. IslamThe 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 [...].

    2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 258

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe Muslim community or people, considered to extend from Mauritania to Pakistan

Similar
UmmaMuslim UmmahIslamic UmmahIslam Nation
Broader
community

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Arabicأُمَّة“community”
  2. Englishummah

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

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Translations

Arabic أُمَّة
  • أُمَّة (ʔumma)the worldwide Muslim community
Bengali উম্মত
  • উম্মত (ummot)the worldwide Muslim community
Chinese Mandarin 烏瑪 /乌玛, 穩麥 /稳麦
  • 烏瑪 /乌玛 (wūmǎ)the worldwide Muslim community
  • 穩麥 /稳麦 (wěnmǎi)the worldwide Muslim community
  • 文麥提 /文麦提 (wénmàití)the worldwide Muslim community
Finnish umma
  • ummathe worldwide Muslim community
French oumma, umma
  • oummathe worldwide Muslim community
  • ummathe worldwide Muslim community
German Umma
  • Ummathe worldwide Muslim community
Hindi उम्मा, उम्मत
  • उम्मा (ummā)the worldwide Muslim community
  • उम्मत (ummat)the worldwide Muslim community
Italian umma
  • ummathe worldwide Muslim community
Japanese ウンマ
  • ウンマ (unma)the worldwide Muslim community
Korean 움마
  • 움마 (umma)the worldwide Muslim community
Malay اومة, ummah
  • اومةthe worldwide Muslim community
  • ummahthe worldwide Muslim community
  • umatthe worldwide Muslim community
Norwegian Bokmål umma
  • ummathe worldwide Muslim community
Polish umma
  • ummathe worldwide Muslim community
Portuguese ummah
  • ummahthe worldwide Muslim community
Russian у́мма
  • у́мма (úmma)the worldwide Muslim community
Spanish umma
  • ummathe worldwide Muslim community
Swedish umma
  • ummathe worldwide Muslim community
Tagalog ummah
  • ummahthe worldwide Muslim community
Thai อุมมะฮ์, อุมมะฮฺ
  • อุมมะฮ์the worldwide Muslim community
  • อุมมะฮฺthe worldwide Muslim community
  • อุมมะห์the worldwide Muslim community
Turkish ümmet
  • ümmetthe worldwide Muslim community
Urdu اُمَّت
  • اُمَّت (ummat)the worldwide Muslim community
Cite this entry
APA

ummah. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ummah

MLA

“ummah.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ummah. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ummah,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ummah.

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