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See also: Iman, imán, and íman

English

Etymology 1

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    Borrowed from Arabic إِيمَان (ʔīmān), from آمَنَ (ʔāmana).

    Noun

    iman (countable and uncountable, plural imans)

    1. (Islam, uncountable) Pious adherence to the Islamic faith.
    2. (Islam, countable) A believer in the Islamic faith.
      Synonym: mu'min

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    iman (plural imans)

    1. Archaic form of imam.

    Anagrams

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    Azerbaijani

    Etymology

      Borrowed from Arabic إِيمَان (ʔīmān), from آمَنَ (ʔāmana).

      Pronunciation

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      Noun

      iman (definite accusative imanı, plural imanlar)

      1. (Islam) faith; faithfulness; religious firmness; strength of one's faith
        Synonyms: inanma, etiqad

      Declension

      More information singular, plural ...
      More information nominative, singular ...

      Derived terms

      References

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      Basque

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      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /iman/ [i.mãn]
      • Rhymes: -iman, -an
      • Hyphenation: i‧man

      Etymology 1

      From Spanish imán.

      Noun

      iman inan

      1. magnet
      Declension
      More information indefinite, singular ...

      Etymology 2

      Noun

      iman anim

      1. imam
      Declension
      More information indefinite, singular ...
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      Cebuano

      Pronunciation

      • Hyphenation: i‧man

      Noun

      iman

      1. magnet

      Crimean Tatar

      Etymology

      From Arabic إِيمَان (ʔīmān).

      Pronunciation

      • Hyphenation: i‧man

      Noun

      iman

      1. (Islam) faith

      Declension

      More information singular, plural ...

      Derived terms

      References

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      Dongxiang

      Etymology

      From Proto-Mongolic *ïmaxan cognate with Khitan 𘱑𘯺 (*êm a), related through borrowing or inheritance with Proto-Turkic *ɨmga.

      Compare Mongolian ямаа (jamaa), Old Turkic 𐰢𐰍𐰀 ((a)mɣa).

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      iman

      1. goat
        nengoude kuruchin kun ghoni iman fugie zharuzhi aye giene.
        The person who has enough financial resources will slaughter a sheep, a goat and a cow for the festival.
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      French

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      iman m (plural imans)

      1. alternative spelling of imam

      Further reading

      Higaonon

      Adverb

      iman

      1. now
      2. today

      Indonesian

      Etymology

        Inherited from Malay iman, borrowed from Arabic إِيمَان (ʔīmān), from آمَنَ (ʔāmana).

        Pronunciation

        Noun

        iman (plural iman-iman)

        1. faith
          1. a trust or confidence in the intentions or abilities of a person, object, or ideal from prior empirical evidence
          2. a conviction about abstractions, ideas, or beliefs, without empirical evidence, experience, or observation

        Derived terms

        • beriman
        • berimankan
        • imani
        • keimanan

        Further reading

        Italian

        Noun

        iman m (invariable)

        1. imam
          Synonyms: (standard) imam, (archaic) imano

        See also

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        Malay

        Etymology

          Borrowed from Arabic إِيمَان (ʔīmān), from آمَنَ (ʔāmana).

          Pronunciation

          Noun

          iman (plural iman-iman or iman2)

          1. faith

          Descendants

          • Indonesian: iman

          Quechua

          Noun

          iman

          1. third-person singular possessive form of nominative of ima

          Romanian

          Noun

          iman m (plural imani)

          1. alternative form of imam

          Declension

          More information singular, plural ...

          Turkish

          Etymology

            Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ایمان, borrowed from Arabic إِيمَان (ʔīmān), from آمَنَ (ʔāmana).

            Noun

            iman (definite accusative imanı, plural imanlar)

            1. faith

            Derived terms

            • iman tahtası
            • imanca
            • imanken
            • imanla
            • imanlı
            • imansa
            • imansız

            References

            • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “iman”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
            • Redhouse, James W. (1890), “ایمان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 307
            • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

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