امام
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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Noun
امام • (imam)
Descendants
- Turkish: imam
- → Albanian: imam
- →? Armenian: իմամ (imam)
- → Bulgarian: има́м (imám)
- → Greek: ιμάμης (imámis)
- → Hungarian: imám
- → Macedonian: имам (imam)
- → Serbo-Croatian: ìmām
References
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “امام”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 142
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “امام”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 194
Pashto
Etymology
Noun
امام • (emām) m
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic إِمَام (ʔimām).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key):
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | imām |
| Dari reading? | imām |
| Iranian reading? | emâm |
| Tajik reading? | imom |
Noun
| Dari | امام |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | имом |
اِمام • (emâm) (plural اَئمه (a'emme) or اِمامان (emâmân))
Related terms
Descendants
- → Gujarati: ઇમામ (imām)
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian اِمَام (imām), borrowed from Arabic إِمَام (ʔimām).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɪ.mɑːm/
- Rhymes: -ɑːm