ضامن

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic ضَامِن (ḍāmin), active participle of ضَمِنَ (ḍamina, to guarantee, insure).

Noun

ضامن (zamin)

  1. guarantee, surety
  2. guarantor

Derived terms

References

  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ضمان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1205
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 1272

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ضَامِن (ḍāmin).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? zāmin
Dari reading? zāmin
Iranian reading? zâmen
Tajik reading? zomin

Noun

ضامن (zâmen)

  1. surety, guarantee
  2. guarantor (person)
  3. safety catch (of a firearm)