English

Alternative forms

• umma

Noun

ummah ‎(plural ummahs)

1. (Islam) The worldwide Muslim community.
   • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 258:

     That concept of a united ummah has survived all subsequent divisions in Islam, including the great and so far permanent rupture between Sunni and Shī‘a [...].

Translations

Malay

Alternative forms

• اومة

Etymology

From Arabic أُمَّة ‎(ʾumma, “community”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ummah/

Noun

ummah ‎(Jawi spelling اومة)

1. community (usually the Muslim community)

Portuguese

Noun

ummah f (uncountable)

1. (Islam) ummah (the worldwide Muslim community)