قومیت

Urdu

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Arabic قَوْمِيَّة (qawmiyya). Equivalent to قَوم (qaum, “nation”) +‎ ـیت (-iyat).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /qɔː.mɪ.jət̪/
Rhymes: -ət̪

Noun

قَومِیَت • (qaumiyat) f (Hindi spelling क़ौमियत)

nationality

References

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

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