имам

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Azerbaijani

Noun

имам (definite accusative имамы, plural имамлар)

  1. Cyrillic spelling of imam (imam)

Declension

Bashkir

Etymology

From Arabic إِمَام (ʔimām).

Noun

имам (imam)

  1. (Islam) imam

Bulgarian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *jьmàti.

Pronunciation

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Verb

и́мам (ímam) first-singular present indicativeimpf or pf

  1. to have, possess, own
    Synonym: притежавам (pritežavam)
  2. to suffer from (an illness), have (an illness)
    Synonym: страдам (stradam)
  3. to regard, consider, hold, look upon
    Synonyms: смятам (smjatam), считам (sčitam)
    Имам го за верен човек.
    Imam go za veren čovek.
    I hold him to be loyal; I regard him as trustworthy.
Conjugation
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish امام (imam) (Turkish imam), from Arabic إِمَام (ʔimām).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

има́м (imámm

  1. (Islam, archaic) imaum, imam
Declension

Chechen

Etymology

From Arabic إِمَام (ʔimām).

Noun

имам (imamclass v (ergative има̄мо, plural има̄маш)

  1. (Islam) imam

Ingush

Etymology

From Arabic إِمَام (ʔimām).

Noun

имам (imamclass vb (ergative имамо, plural имамаш)

  1. (Islam) imam

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic يمام
Cyrillic имам
Latin imam
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Etymology

From Arabic إِمَام (ʔimām).

Noun

имам (imam)

  1. (Islam) imam

Declension

Kyrgyz

Etymology

From Arabic إِمَام (ʔimām).

Noun

имам (imam) (Arabic spelling ئمام)

  1. (Islam) imam

Macedonian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish امام (imam) (Turkish imam), from Arabic إِمَام (ʔimām).

Noun

имам (imamm (plural имами)

  1. (Islam) imam
Declension
See also

Etymology 2

Verb

имам (imam)

  1. first-person singular present indicative of има (ima)

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِمَام (ʔimām).

Pronunciation

Noun

има́м (imámm anim (genitive има́ма, nominative plural има́мы, genitive plural има́мов)

  1. (Islam) imam

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish امام (imam), from Arabic إِمَام (ʔimām).

Noun

ѝма̄м m (Latin spelling ìmām)

  1. (Islam) imam

Declension

Tatar

Etymology

From Arabic إِمَام (ʔimām).

Noun

имам (imam)

  1. (Islam) imam