аман

See also: яман and Appendix:Variations of "aman"

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اَمَان (amān, “tranquillity, peacefulness”), via Ottoman Turkish امان (aman).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɐˈman]
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -an

Interjection

ама́н • (amán)

phooey, fie on, I am fed up with something (usually followed by от which precedes the source of annoyance)

Chuvash

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *emge- (“to suffer”). Related to амак (amak, “illness”).

Verb

аман • (aman)

to be maimed, to be wounded

References

“аман”, in Электронлă сăмахсар‎^[1] (overall work in Russian and Chuvash), 1996.
Jegorov, V. G. (1964) “аман”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), Cheboksary: Čuvašskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, page 26

Even

Etymology

From Proto-Tungusic *amin, compare Evenki амин (amin), Manchu ᠠᠮᠠ (ama).

Noun

аман (aman)

father

Macedonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آمان (aman), from Arabic اَمَان (amān, “tranquillity, peacefulness”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈaman]
IPA^(key): [aˈman]

Noun

аман • (aman) m

pity, mercy, compassion, forgiveness

Interjection

аман • (aman)

by God, for goodness' sake (in amazement, frustration, or asking for mercy)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آمان (aman), from Arabic اَمَان (amān, “tranquillity, peacefulness”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ǎmaːn/
Hyphenation: а‧ман

Noun

а̀ма̄н m (Latin spelling àmān)

Declension

Declension of аман

	singular	plural
nominative	а̀ма̄н	амани
genitive	ама́на	амана
dative	аману	аманима
accusative	аман	амане
vocative	амане	амани
locative	аману	аманима
instrumental	аманом	аманима

Interjection

а̀ма̄н (Latin spelling àmān)

for goodness' sake! (in amazement)
(when asking for mercy, help or forgiveness):
1. Be merciful!
2. Help me!
3. I'm sorry!
by God, I swear to god! (used to add emphasis, as if swearing an oath)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:aman.