امام

See also: إمام and أمام

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic إِمَام (ʔimām).

Noun

امام • (imam)

  1. (Islam) imam
  2. leader

Descendants
  • Turkish: imam
  • → Albanian: imam
  • →? Armenian: իմամ (imam)
  • → Bulgarian: има́м (imám)
  • → Greek: ιμάμης (imámis)
  • → Hungarian: imám
  • → Macedonian: имам (imam)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: ìmām

References

Pashto

Etymology

From Arabic إِمَام (ʔimām).

Noun

امام • (emām) m

  1. (Islam) imam

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic إِمَام (ʔimām).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɪ.mɑ́ːm]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔɪ.mɑ́ːm]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔi.mɔ́ːm]

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))

  1. (Islam) imam
  2. (literary) leader
    Synonyms: پیشوا (pêšvâ), رَهبَر (rahbar)

Descendants

Urdu

Etymology

From Arabic إِمَام (ʔimām).

Pronunciation

Noun

امام • (imām) m (Hindi spelling इमाम)

  1. (Islam) imam
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