izzat
Americannoun
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personal dignity or honor.
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personal prestige.
noun
Etymology
Origin of izzat
1855–60; < Urdu ʿizzat < Persian < Arabic ʿizzaḥ
Example Sentences
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The word izzat was borrowed from the Hindus and Persians, who swiped it from the Arabic.
From Time Magazine Archive
To work for a mere $1,000 a week after once earning $2,000 is to lose izzat.
From Time Magazine Archive
Peter the Hermit, who struts along Hollywood Boulevard in his bare feet, is short on cash but long on izzat.
From Time Magazine Archive
Their honour, izzat, as they call it, is their most valuable possession.
From Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 by Kennedy, James
"Since I am so many, and he so few, Jirad Sahib will not force me to defend my izzat with the sword?"
From The Path to Honour by Grier, Sydney C.
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