# ذات
## Arabic
### Noun

ذَات • (ḏāt) f (dual ذَوَاتَا (ḏawātā) or ذَاتَا (ḏātā), dual oblique ذَوَاتَيْ (ḏawātay) or ذَاتَيْ (ḏātay), plural ذَوَات (ḏawāt) or أُولَات (ʾulāt), masculine ذُو (ḏū)) (construct state only)
* feminine singular of ذُو (ḏū, “possessor of, owner of”)
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 111:3:سَيَصْلَى نَارًا ذَاتَ لَهَبٍsayaṣlā nāran ḏāta lahabinHe will burn in a Fire of flame
* spontaneousness
    ذَات الْبَيْن ― ḏāt al-bayn ― disagreement, enmity; concord, friendship
    ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ ― ḏāta yawmin ― one day, once
    ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ ― ḏāta laylatin ― on a certain night
    ذَاتَ مَرَّةٍ ― ḏāta marratin ― once; one time
** (Can we date this quote?) Ahmad Shawqi
    يُقَالُ كَانَ الْكَلْبُ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ بَيْنَ الرِّيَاضِ غَارِقًا فِي النَّوْمِyuqālu kāna l-kalbu ḏāta yawmin bayna r-riyāḍi ḡāriqan fī n-nawmi(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Derived terms

* ذَات الرِّئَة f (ḏāt ar-riʔa, “pneumonia”, noun)
* ذَات الصُّدُور f (ḏāt aṣ-ṣudūr, noun)
* ذَات الْبَيْن f (ḏāt al-bayn, noun)
* ذَات الشِّمَال f (ḏāt aš-šimāl, noun)
* ذَات الشَّفَة f (ḏāt aš-šafa, noun)
* ذَات اليَمِين f (ḏāt al-yamīn, noun)
* ذَات الْآَجْرَاس f (ḏāt al-ʔāajrās, noun)
* ذَات الْقَرْنَيْنِ f (ḏāt al-qarnayni, noun)
* ذَات الجَنْب f (ḏāt al-janb, “pleurisy”, noun)

### Noun

ذَات • (ḏāt) f (dual ذَاتَانِ (ḏātāni), plural ذَوَات (ḏawāt))
* being, essence, substance, nature
* person, individual
    ذَاتًا ― ḏātan ― personally
* self, identity
    ذَات نَفْسِهِ ― ḏāt nafsihi ― his self
    ذَات أَنْفُسِهِم ― ḏāt ʔanfusihim ― their selves
* -self
    هُوَ بِذَاتِهِ ― huwa biḏātihi ― he himself
    هُوَ ذَاتُهُ ― huwa ḏātuhu ― he himself
* same
    ذَات الشَّيْء ― ḏāt aš-šayʔ ― the same thing
    ذَات الْأَشْيَاء ― ḏāt al-ʔašyāʔ ― the same things
    السَّنَة ذَاتُهَا ― as-sana ḏātuhā ― the same year
* material object
    اِسْم الذَّات ― ism aḏ-ḏāt ― concrete noun
* (philosophy) essence
    Coordinate term: عَرَض (ʕaraḍ, “accident”)

#### Derived terms

* اَلذَّات الإِلَٰهِيَّة f (aḏ-ḏāt al-ʔilāhiyya, noun)
* اِسْمُ ذَاتٍ m (ismu ḏātin, “concrete noun”, noun)
* تَحْلِيلُ الذَّات m (taḥlīlu ḏ-ḏāt, noun)
* تَقْرِيع الذَّات m (taqrīʕ aḏ-ḏāt, noun)
* حُبُّ الذَّات m (ḥubbu ḏ-ḏāt, noun)
* دِرَاسَة الذَّات f (dirāsa(t) aḏ-ḏāt, noun)
* مَعْرِفَة الذَّات f (maʕrifa(t) aḏ-ḏāt, noun)
* تَكَامُلُ الذَّات m (takāmulu ḏ-ḏāt, noun)
* عِشْق الذَّات m (ʕišq aḏ-ḏāt, noun)
* اِنْطِوَاءٌ عَلَى الذَّات m (inṭiwāʔun ʕalā ḏ-ḏāt, noun)

#### Descendants

* → North Levantine Arabic: ذات (learned)
* → Ottoman Turkish: ذات
* → Swahili: dhati
* → Turkmen: zat

### Pronoun

ذَاتَ • (ḏāta) f
* (rare, obsolete) feminine singular of ذَا (ḏā, “this”)

## North Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic ذات (ḏāt).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /zeːt/

### Noun

ذات • (zēt, zāt) f
* essence
* same
* -self

#### Usage notes

* Often used with enclitic suffixes with the singular and plural third-person pronouns, هو, هي, and هن/هنن.
** هو ذاتهُ (huwwe zēto, “the same one”) masc.
** هي ذاتهَا (hiyye zēta, “the same one”) fem.
** هن ذاتهُن (hinne zētun, “the same ones”)

## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ذَات (ḏāt).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [ðɑːt]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [zɑːt̪]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [zɑːt̪]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [zɑːt̪]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [zɔːt̪]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [zɒːt̪]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [zɔt̪]

### Noun

ذات • (zât) (plural ذوات (zavât))
* essence; nature, fundamental characteristic
    در ذاتش ― dar zât-aš ― in its essence; essentially
    آدمی که ذات خوبی داردâdami ke zât-e xubi dâradperson with a good nature
* substance
* (archaic) person; especially often used in old-fashioned honorifics.
    ذات شریف ― zât-e šarif ― his noble person

#### Derived terms

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

#### Descendants

* → Hindustani:
    Hindi: ज़ात (zāt)
    Urdu: ذَات (zāt)

## Urdu
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ذات (zāt), from Arabic ذَات (ḏāt).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /zɑːt̪/
* Audio (Pakistan):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑːt̪

### Noun

ذات • (zāt) f (Hindi spelling ज़ात)
* essence
* nature (characteristic)
* substance
* body
* person, entity
* self, ego
* possessor, owner
* breed, caste
* generation

#### Related terms

* ذاتی (zātī)