ذلت

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ذِلَّة (ḏilla).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ðil.ˈlat], [zil.ˈlat]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zɪl.lǽt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zɪl.lǽt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [zɪl.lǽt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [zil.lǽt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [zel.lǽt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [zil.lǽt̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	ḏillat, zillat
Dari reading?	zillat
Iranian reading?	zellat
Tajik reading?	zillat

Noun

Dari	ذلت
Iranian Persian
Tajik	зиллат

ذلت • (zellat)

1. abjectness
2. suffering, hardship, abjection, prostration
3. humiliation

Descendants

• → Hindustani
  • Hindi: ज़िल्लत (zillat)
  • Urdu: ذِلَّت (zillat)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ذلت (zillat), from Arabic ذِلَّة (ḏilla).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /zɪ.lː.ət̪/
• Rhymes: -ət̪
• Hyphenation: ذِلْ‧لَت

Noun

ذِلَّت • (zillat) f (Hindi spelling ज़िल्लत)

1. dishonour, insult, humiliation

Declension

Declension of ذلت
	singular	plural
direct	ذِلَّت (zillat)	ذِلَّتیں (zillatẽ)
oblique	ذِلَّت (zillat)	ذِلَّتوں (zillatõ)
vocative	ذِلَّت (zillat)	ذِلَّتو (zillato)

References

• “ذلت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “ذلت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.