Arabic

Noun

ذَات • ‎(ḏāt) f ‎(dual ذَوَاتَا ‎(ḏawātā), plural ذَوَات ‎(ḏawāt) or أُولَات ‎(ʾulāt), masculine ذُو ‎(ḏū)) (construct state only)

1. feminine equivalent of ذُو ‎(ḏū, “possessor of, owner of”)

Declension

Noun

ذَات • ‎(ḏāt) f ‎(dual ذَوَاتَا ‎(ḏawātā), plural ذَوَات ‎(ḏawāt))

1. being, essence, substance, nature
2. person, individual

   ذَاتًا‎ ― ḏātan ― personally

3. self, identity

   ذَات نَفْسِهِ‎ ― ḏāt nafsihi ― his self

   ذَات أَنْفُسِهِم‎ ― ḏāt ʾanfusihim ― their selves

4. -self

   هُوَ بِذَاتِهِ‎ ― huwa biḏātihi ― he himself

   هُوَ ذَاتُهُ‎ ― huwa ḏātuhu ― he himself

5. same

   ذَات الشَّيْء‎ ― ḏāt aš-šayʾ ― the same thing

   ذَات الْأَشْيَاء‎ ― ḏāt al-ʾašyāʾ ― the same things

   السَّنَة ذَاتُهَا‎ ― as-sana ḏātuhā ― the same year

6. material object

   اِسْم الذَّات‎ ― ism aḏ-ḏāt ― noun

7. spontaneousness

   ذَات الْبَيْن‎ ― ḏāt al-bayn ― disagreement, enmity; concord, friendship

   ذَاتَ الْيَوْمٍ‎ ― ḏāta l-yawmin ― one day, once

   ذَاتَ اللَّيْلَةٍ‎ ― ḏāta l-laylatin ― on a certain night

Declension

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “ذات”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “ذو”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɒːt/

Noun

ذات • ‎(zât)

1. essence
2. nature (characteristic)
3. substance

Derived terms

• ذاتی ‎(zâti)
• ذاتاً ‎(zâtan)
• بدذات ‎(badzât)

Urdu

Etymology

From Persian ذات, from Arabic

Noun

ذات • ‎(zāt) f ‎(Hindi spelling ज़ात)

1. essence
2. nature (characteristic)
3. substance
4. body
5. person, entity
6. self, ego
7. possessor, owner
8. breed, caste
9. generation

Related terms

• ذاتی