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Azmat
عظمتSay it UZ-mut
- Meaning today
- Greatness, might
- Original meaning
- "greatness, magnitude; grandeur, magnificence" Platts, p. 762
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- UZ-mut
- Written
- عظمت
Azmat
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Azmat meaning
Azmat (عظمت) is a Muslim boy's name of Arabic origin.
Greatness, magnitude; grandeur, magnificence
Also used to mean: might
Azmat (عظمت) is the Urdu form of the Arabic ʿaẓama, from the root ʿ-ẓ-m, "to be great", which also gives Azeem and Azam. Platts' Urdu dictionary defines ʿaẓmat as greatness and magnitude, grandeur and magnificence, and notes that it can also mean pomp or self-importance. Lane's Arabic lexicon adds that greatness in its true sense belongs to God, while in people the word often means pride. In everyday Urdu ʿaẓmat is a word of praise, and name lists give Azmat as "greatness" or "might".
Source: Platts, A Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English (1884), p. 762 · entry ʿaẓamat (عظمت) · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Platts, Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi and English, ʿaẓamat, p. 762 · Lane, Arabic–English Lexicon, ʿaẓama, Book I p. 2087