# اجتماع
## Arabic
### Etymology

Verbal noun of اِجْتَمَعَ (ijtamaʕa, “to meet (intransitive)”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /id͡ʒ.ti.maːʕ/
* Rhymes: -aːʕ
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

اِجْتِمَاع • (ijtimāʕ) m (plural اِجْتِمَاعَات (ijtimāʕāt))
* verbal noun of اِجْتَمَعَ (ijtamaʕa) (form VIII)
* meeting (بِ (bi) with someone), assembly
* convention
* (astronomy) constellation, conjunction
* social life
    الاِجْتِمَاع ― al-ijtimāʕ ― human society

#### Descendants

* Bengali: ইজতেমা (ijtema)
* Persian: اجتماع (ejtemâ')
* Ottoman Turkish: اجتماع (ictimâʼ)
** Turkish: içtima
* Urdu: اجتماع (ijtemā)
* Uzbek: ijtimoiy

#### References

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

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِجْتِمَاع (ijtimāʕ, “meeting, assembly”).

### Noun

اجتماع • (ictimâʼ) (definite accusative اجتماعی (ictimâʼyı), plural اجتماعات (ictimâʼât))
* convocation, assembly, meeting, reunion, any gathering of persons in one place for a specific purpose
    Synonyms: انجمن (encümen), جمعیت (cemʼiyet), درنك (dernek), مجلس (meclis)
* (military) muster, an assembling or review of troops, as for parade, verification, inspection, or exercise
* (astronomy) conjunction, the alignment of two celestial bodies such that they have the same longitude

#### Derived terms

* اجتماع ایتمك (ictimâʼ etmek, “to collect, gather”)

#### Descendants

* Turkish: içtima

### Further reading

* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “içtima”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2090
* Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “içtimâ'”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎ (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 487
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اجتماع”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 51
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Congregatio”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 245
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “اجتماع”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 94
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “içtima”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اجتماع”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 27

## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِجْتِمَاع (ijtimāʕ), from اِجْتَمَعَ (ijtamaʕa).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [ʔid͡ʒ.ti.ˈmɑːʔ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ʔɪd͡ʒ.t̪ʰɪ.mɑ́ːʔ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ʔɪd͡ʒ.t̪ʰɪ.mɑ́ːʔ]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [ʔɪd͡ʒ.t̪ʰɪ.mɑ́ː]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [ʔid͡ʒ.t̪ʰi.mɔ́ː]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [ʔed͡ʒ.t̪ʰe.mɒ́ːʔ]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [ʔid͡ʒ.t̪ʰi.mɔ́ʔ]
* Audio (Iran):(file)

### Noun

اِجْتِماع • (ejtemâ') (plural اجتماعات (ejtemâ'ât))
* society
    Synonym: جامِعِه (jâme'e)
* community
    Synonym: جامِعِه (jâme'e)

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic اِجْتِمَاع (ijtimāʕ).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /iʒ.ti.maːʕ/, [ɪʒ.ti.mæːʕ], [ɪd͡ʒ.ti.mæːʕ]
* Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

### Noun

اجتماع • (ijtimāʕ) m (plural اجتماعات (ijtimāʕāt))
* meeting

## Urdu
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِجْتِمَاع (ijtimāʕ).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /ɪd͡ʒ.t̪ɪ.mɑː/

### Noun

اِجْتِماع • (ijtimā') m (Hindi spelling इज्तिमा)
* assemblage
* convention, gathering