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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian амана́т (amanát, “hostage”), via a Turkic language from Arabic أَمَانَة (ʔamāna, “surety”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /æməˈnɑːt/
- Hyphenation: a‧ma‧nat
Noun
amanat (plural amanats or amanaty)
- (historical) A Native American hostage taken by Russian colonists.
1990, Richard A. Pierce, Russian America: A Biographical Dictionary, page xvii:Kuznetsov — his Aleut name is unknown — had been given to Russian fur traders as an amanat (hostage).
2002, European Review of Native American Studies:According to Davydov (1812, 2:54, 132), the chief of the Ugalakhmiut Eyak specially came to Kodiak for a meeting with his son, who was an amanat among the Russians.
2005, Grinev, The Tlingit Indians in Russian America, 1741-1867, page 260:Toion Fedor accepted Orthodoxy in the winter of 1795–96 when he lived at Kodiak as an amanat.
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay amanat, from Classical Malay امانت (amanat), from Classical Persian امانت (amānat), from Arabic أَمَانَة (ʔamāna).[1] Doublet of amanah.
Pronunciation
Noun
amanat (plural amanat-amanat)
- message:
- (communication, linguistics) a communication, or what is communicated; any concept or information conveyed.
- amanat anggaran ― budget message
- Synonym: pesan
- (literature) an underlying theme or conclusion to be drawn from something.
- Synonym: pesan
- statement
- Synonym: keterangan
- instruction; advice; guidance
- Synonym: wejangan
Derived terms
References
- ^ Erwina Burhanuddin, Abdul Gaffar Ruskhan, R.B. Chrismanto (1993) Penelitian kosakata bahasa Arab dalam bahasa Indonesia [Research on Arabic vocabulary in Indonesian], Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, →OCLC
Further reading
Turkmen
Etymology
From Arabic أَمَانَة (ʔamāna).
Noun
amanat (definite accusative amanaty, plural amanatlar)
- savings
- safe-keeping
Declension