Amat ( ar, امة ) is a word meaning "female slave" or "servant", used in conjunction with an
Islamic name of God to form a female given name.
[{{cite book, title= A Dictionary of Muslim Names, first= Salahuddin , last=Ahmed] Examples of such names and their bearers are:
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Amat Al Alim Alsoswa
Amat Al Alim Alsoswa ( ar, امة العليم السوسوه; Ta'izz, Yemen, August 27, 1958) is a Yemeni journalist, and Yemen's first female ambassador and minister.
She served as the Assistant Secretary-General, then Assistant Administrator a ...
(born 1958), Yemeni politician
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Rúhíyyih Khánum (1910 – 2000), wife of Shoghi Effendi, Guardian of the Baháʼí Faith
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Amatul Kibria Keya Chowdhury
Amatul Kibria Keya Chowdhury is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Habiganj-1 constituency.
Biography
Amatul Kibria Keya Chowdhury's father was Commandant Manik Chowdhury, a Bangladesh Awa ...
, Bangladesh Awami League politician
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Amat al-Razzak Hammed
Professor Amat al-Razzak Hammed is the former Minister for social affairs of Yemen. She has proposed adoption of a government policy to punish fathers who force their daughters into child marriages.
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Living people
Women governmen ...
, Yemeni Minister for social affairs
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Amat-Mamu (fl. c. 1750 BC), Babylonian scribe
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Arabic feminine given names