Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

izzat

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.00 in modern English

Syllables: iz-zat
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Honour, pride; reputation.

Indian usage; Uncountable

noun

A purported system of social credit alleged to be endemic to Indian culture that is used in Indophobic circles as an explanation for the perceived behaviour of Indians.

Derogatory; Uncountable

contraction

Contraction of is + that.

Informal

Example Sentences

"‘But whether the native swaggers or cringes there's always something behind every remark he makes, always something, and if nothing else he's trying to increase his izzat – in plain Anglo-Saxon, to score.’"
"‘She has cut off our noses. And our izzat.’"

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani عِزَّت ('izzat) / इज़्ज़त (izzat), from Classical Persian عِزَّت (izzat), from Arabic عِزَّة (ʕizza).

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: عِزَّت, عِزَّة, ع ز ز

Usage

Inflected Forms

izat (alternative) zat (alternative) 'zat (alternative)

Questions

What does izzat mean?: Honour, pride; reputation.
Where does izzat come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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