حمایت

Persian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic حَمَى (ḥamā)

Arabic حِمَايَة (ḥimāya)bor.

Persian حمایت

Borrowed from Arabic حِمَايَة (ḥimāya).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /hi.maː.ˈjat/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hɪ.mɑː.ját̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hɪ.mɑː.ját̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪ.mɑː.ját̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔi.mɔː.ját̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [he.mɒː.jǽt̪ʰ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [hi.mɔ.ját̪]

• Rhymes: -at

Readings
Classical reading?	himāyat
Dari reading?	himāyat
Iranian reading?	hemâyat
Tajik reading?	himoyat

Noun

حمایت • (himāyat / hemâyat) (plural حِمَایَات (himāyāt / hemâyât), Tajik spelling ҳимоят)

1. support, backing, aid, advocacy (of a side or cause)

   Synonym: پشتیبانی (puštībānī)

2. defence, protection

Descendants

• Tajik: ҳимоят (himoyat)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: हिमायत (himāyat)

  Urdu: حِمَایَت (himāyat)

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਹਿਮਾਇਤ (himāit), ਹਮਾਇਤ (hamāit), ਹਿਮਾਯਤ (himāyat), ਹਮਾਯਤ (hamāyat)

  Shahmukhi script: حِمَایَت (ḥimāyat)

• → Turkmen: hemaýat

Urdu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic حَمَى (ḥamā)

Arabic حِمَايَة (ḥimāya)bor.

Classical Persian حِمَایَت (himāyat)bor.

Urdu حمایت

Borrowed from Classical Persian حِمَایَت (himāyat), borrowed from Arabic حِمَايَة (ḥimāya).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɦɪ.mɑː.jət̪/

Noun

حِمَایَت • (himāyat) f (formal plural حِمَایَات (himāyāt), Hindi spelling हिमायत)

1. support, backing, aid, advocacy (of a side or cause)

   Synonym: پشتیبانی (puśtībānī)

2. defence, protection

References

• “حمایت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “حمایت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.