iman
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
Borrowed from Arabic إِيمَان (ʔīmān), from آمَنَ (ʔāmana).
==== Noun ====
iman (countable and uncountable, plural imans)
(Islam, uncountable) Pious adherence to the Islamic faith.
(Islam, countable) A believer in the Islamic faith.
Synonym: mu'min
=== Etymology 2 ===
==== Noun ====
iman (plural imans)
Archaic form of imam.
=== Anagrams ===
amin, NIMA, NAMI, Main, main, mani, mnai, Mina, mina, Naim, Mani, Mian, Amin
== Azerbaijani ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Arabic إِيمَان (ʔīmān), from آمَنَ (ʔāmana).
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Noun ===
iman (definite accusative imanı, plural imanlar)
(Islam) faith; faithfulness; religious firmness; strength of one's faith
Synonyms: inanma, etiqad
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
=== References ===
Orucov, Əliheydər, editor (2006), “iman”, in Azərbaycan dilinin izahlı lüğəti [Explanatory Dictionary of the Azerbaijani Language][2] (in Azerbaijani), 2nd edition, volume 2, Baku: Şərq-Qərb
== Basque ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /iman/ [i.mãn]
Rhymes: -iman, -an
Hyphenation: i‧man
=== Etymology 1 ===
From Spanish imán.
==== Noun ====
iman inan
magnet
===== Declension =====
=== Etymology 2 ===
==== Noun ====
iman anim
imam
===== Declension =====
== Cebuano ==
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: i‧man
=== Noun ===
iman
magnet
== Crimean Tatar ==
=== Etymology ===
From Arabic إِيمَان (ʔīmān).
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: i‧man
=== Noun ===
iman
(Islam) faith
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
=== References ===
“iman”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)
== 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 ===
IPA(key): /iˈmɑŋ/
=== Noun ===
iman
goat
== French ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /i.man/
=== Noun ===
iman m (plural imans)
alternative spelling of imam
=== Further reading ===
“iman”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
== Higaonon ==
=== Adverb ===
iman
now
today
== Indonesian ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Malay iman, borrowed from Arabic إِيمَان (ʔīmān), from آمَنَ (ʔāmana).
=== Pronunciation ===
(Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈiman/ [ˈi.man]
Rhymes: -iman
Syllabification: i‧man
=== Noun ===
iman (plural iman-iman)
faith
a trust or confidence in the intentions or abilities of a person, object, or ideal from prior empirical evidence
a conviction about abstractions, ideas, or beliefs, without empirical evidence, experience, or observation
==== Derived terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“iman”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
== Italian ==
=== Noun ===
iman m (invariable)
imam
Synonyms: (standard) imam, (archaic) imano
=== See also ===
Iman
=== Anagrams ===
amni, mani, mina
== Malay ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Arabic إِيمَان (ʔīmān), from آمَنَ (ʔāmana).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈiman/ [ˈʔi.man]
=== Noun ===
iman (plural iman-iman or iman2)
faith
==== Descendants ====
Indonesian: iman
== Quechua ==
=== Noun ===
iman
third-person singular possessive form of nominative of ima
== Romanian ==
=== Noun ===
iman m (plural imani)
alternative form of imam
==== Declension ====
== Somali ==
=== Alternative forms ===
imaan (Southern Somali)
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Cushitic *ʔim(t)- (“to come”). Compare Egyptian mj (imperative of jj (“come”)).
Cognate with Baiso emetano, Afar emeete, Gedeo amo, Kambaata ami, Sidamo amo, Blin ént, Beja m'a.
For the initial vowel, compare hindhis, maalin, nin, qalin.
=== Verb ===
iman (imperative imow)
(infinitive) to come
==== Inflection ====
== Tashelhit ==
=== Alternative forms ===
iyman
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Medieval Tashelhit اِيمَنْ (iman, “self”), from Proto-Berber.
Cognate with Kabyle and Ghadames iman (“oneself”), Awjila imàn (“self, by oneself”), Tamahaq and Nefusa imân (“self”), Tayert and Tawellemmet iṃan (“soul(s), life principle, oneself”), Tamasheq iman (“soul, spirit, life, self”), and Zenaga īmän (“soul, self”). Unrelated to Arabic إِيمَان (ʔīmān).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /iman/
=== Noun ===
iman m (Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵎⴰⵏ, Arabic spelling ايمان)
soul, spirit, mind
==== Inflection ====
=== See also ===
=== References ===
Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 2 F–L (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/2) (in French), Leiden, Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 1098a
== Turkish ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ایمان, borrowed from Arabic إِيمَان (ʔīmān), from آمَنَ (ʔāmana).
=== Noun ===
iman (definite accusative imanı, plural imanlar)
faith
==== Derived terms ====
=== References ===
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “iman”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890), “ایمان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 307
Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN