Bashkir edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic أَمَانَة (ʔamāna, trust; deposit).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ɑ.mɑˈnɑt]
  • Hyphenation: а‧ма‧нат

Noun edit

аманат (amanat)

  1. that which is entrusted; something received in confidence; trust
    Аллаһ Раббыбыҙ беҙгә йәнде аманат итеп биргән. Беҙҙең бурыс — шул аманатты нисек алдыҡ, шул рәүештә Аллаһыға кире ҡайтарып биреү.
    Allah Rabbıbıź beźgə yənde amanat itep birgən. Beźźeñ burıs — şul amanattı nisek aldıq, şul rəweştə Allahığa kire qaytarıp birew.
    Allah our Lord have us the soul as trust. Our duty is to return that trust to Allah (exactly) in the form we took it.
  2. something entrusted for storage; deposit
  3. a valued legacy or heritage; relic, halidom
  4. a precept, commandment especially inheritaged from one's ancestors, predecessors
    Synonym: васыят (vasıyat)
  5. (historical) hostage, a person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty/agreement
    Ихтилалсылар килешеү төҙөргә мәжбүр була, уларҙың вәкилдәрен аманатҡа алғандар.
    İxtilalsılar kileşew töźörgə məjbür bula, ularźıñ vəkildəren amanatqa alğandar.
    The rebels were forced to make an agreement, their representatives were taken hostage.
  6. hostage, a person seized in order to compel another party to act in a certain way

Declension edit

Kazakh edit

Alternative scripts
Arabic امانات
Cyrillic аманат
Latin amanat

Etymology edit

From Arabic أَمَانَة (ʔamāna, surety).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

аманат (amanat)

  1. hostage
  2. mortgage
  3. (figuratively) mandate, duty, commitment

Derived terms edit

Kumyk edit

Noun edit

аманат (amanat)

  1. guaranty

Declension edit

Further reading edit

  • Бамматов Б.Г., editor (2013), “аманат”, in Кумыкско-русский словарь [Kumyk–Russian dictionary], Makhachkala: ИЯЛИ ДНЦ РАН

Russian edit

Etymology edit

Via a Turkic language from Arabic أَمَانَة (ʔamāna, surety).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

амана́т (amanátm anim (genitive амана́та, nominative plural амана́ты, genitive plural амана́тов)

  1. (historical, archaic) amanat (a hostage from a local tribe taken by Russian troops during reconnaissance or exploration, e.g. in Siberia during the 17th century's colonization)

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • English: amanat

See also edit