جمهورية

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ج م ه ر (j-m-h-r). Relative noun (nisba) composed of جُمْهُور (jumhūr, crowd, public) + ـِيَّة (-iyya), coined as a translation of republic / res publica with the rise of Pan-Arabism during World War I. An Arab Jumhuriya was proclaimed in Italian-ruled Tripoli in 1919.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒum.huː.rij.ja/

Noun

جُمْهُورِيَّة (jumhūriyya) f (plural جُمْهُورِيَّات (jumhūriyyāt))

  1. republic
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Tatar: җөмһүрият (cömhüriyat)
  • Turkish: cumhuriyet
  • Urdu: جمہوریہ (jamhūriya)

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), جمهر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Noun

جُمْهُورِيَّة (jumhūriyya) f (plural جُمْهُورِيَّات (jumhūriyyāt), masculine جُمْهُورِيّ (jumhūriyy))

  1. feminine equivalent of جُمْهُورِيّ (jumhūriyy)
Declension

Adjective

جُمْهُورِيَّة (jumhūriyya) f

  1. feminine singular of جُمْهُورِيّ (jumhūriyy)
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