عموما

Arabic
Root
ع م م (ʕ-m-m)

Etymology

Adverbial accusative of عُمُوم (ʕumūm, “generality”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʕu.muː.man/

Adverb

عُمُومًا • (ʕumūman)

  1. generally

Descendants
  • → Azerbaijani: ümumən
  • → Persian: عموما ('omuman)
  • → Uyghur: ئومۇمەن (omumen)
  • → Uzbek: umuman

Persian

Alternative forms
  • عمومن ('omuman) (nonstandard)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عُمُومًا (ʕumūman). By surface analysis, عموم ('omum) +‎ ـاً (-an).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔʊ.muː.män]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔʊ.muː.män]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔu.mu.män]

Readings
Classical reading? umūman
Dari reading? umūman
Iranian reading? omuman
Tajik reading? umuman

Adverb

عُمُوماً • (omuman)

  1. generally, usually

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian عموما ('umūman), from Arabic عُمُومًا (ʕumūman, “generally”).

Pronunciation

Adverb

عُمُوماً • (ʿumūmán) (Hindi spelling उमूमन)

  1. generally, usually
    Synonym: عام طور پر (’ām tor par)

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