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izzat

noun, contraction

izzat is spelled I-Z-Z-A-T: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 94,827th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, izzat means “Honour, pride; reputation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in izzat?

Letters5: I-Z-Z-A-T
In writingabout once in every 10 million words; the 94,827th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is izzat?

Izzat appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 94,827th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Forms of izzat

  • izat
  • zat
  • 'zat

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does izzat mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    IndiaHonour, pride; reputation.

  2. 2

    derogatoryA purported system of social credit alleged to be endemic to Indian culture that is used in Indophobic circles as an explanation for the perceived behaviour of Indians.

contraction

  1. 1

    informalContraction of is + that.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does izzat come from?

Borrowed from Hindustani عِزَّت ('izzat) / इज़्ज़त (izzat), from Classical Persian عِزَّت (izzat), from Arabic عِزَّة (ʕizza).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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