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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Anatolian Turkish, being a compound of امام (imam) +‎ Old Anatolian Turkish قلی (the possessed form of قل (slave)), literally slave of the Imam; compare Azerbaijani İmamqulu, Chagatai امام‌قلی, Turkish İmamkulu.

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? imāmqulī
Dari reading? imāmqulī
Iranian reading? emâmğoli
Tajik reading? imomquli

Proper noun

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Dari امامقلی
Iranian Persian
Tajik Имомқулӣ

امامقلی (emâmqoli)

  1. a male given name, Emamqoli, from Old Anatolian Turkish