izzat

Definitions

1. Honour, pride; reputation.
   India, North, Pakistan, uncountable
2. Contraction of is + that.
   abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, informal

Equivalents

Examples

“‘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.’”

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