What does izzat mean?
Izzat means (North India, Pakistan) Honour, pride; reputation..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(North India, Pakistan) Honour, pride; reputation..
‘But whether the native swaggers or cringes there's always something behind every remark he makes, always something, and if nothing else he's trying to increase his izzat – in plain Anglo-Saxon, to score.’
‘She has cut off our noses. And our izzat.’
Use izzat when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Izzat means (North India, Pakistan) Honour, pride; reputation..
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‘But whether the native swaggers or cringes there's always something behind every remark he makes, always something, and if nothing else he's trying to increase his izzat – in plain Anglo-Saxon, to score.’
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