امان

See also: آمان, أمان, and اماں

Khalaj

Noun

اَمان (âman) (definite accusative اَمانؽ, plural اَمانلار)

1. Arabic spelling of âman (“security”)

Declension

Declension of امان

	singular	plural
nominative	امان	امانلار
genitive	امانؽݧ	امانلارؽݧ
dative	امانقا	امانلارقا
definite accusative	امانؽ	امانلارؽ
locative	امانچا	امانلارچا
ablative	اماندا	امانلاردا
instrumental	امانلا	امانلارلا
equative	امانوارا	امانلاروارا

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• آمان (aman)

Etymology

From Arabic أَمَان (ʔamān).

Noun

امان • (emân, aman)

1. safety, security, peace
2. protection, safeguard
3. quarter
4. mercy
5. pity

Descendants

• Turkish: aman
• → Armenian: աման (aman)
• → Greek: αμάν (amán)
• → Macedonian: аман (aman)
• → Serbo-Croatian: aman

Interjection

امان • (emân, aman)

1. alas!
2. mercy!
3. pity!
4. oh!
5. ah!

Descendants

• Turkish: aman
• → Albanian: aman
• → Armenian: աման (aman)
• → Greek: αμάν (amán)
• → Ladino: aman
• → Laz: ამანი (amani)
• → Macedonian: аман (aman)
• → Romanian: aman
• → Serbo-Croatian: aman

Pashto

Etymology

From Arabic أَمَان (ʔamān).

Noun

امان • (amān) m

1. security, calm
2. mercy, pardon, amnesty

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَمَان (ʔamān).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔa.ˈmɑːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.mɑ́ːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.mɑ́ːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔä.mɑ́ːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔä.mɔ́ːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæ.mɒ́ːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.mɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading?	amān
Dari reading?	amān
Iranian reading?	amân
Tajik reading?	amon

Noun

امان • (amân)

1. safety, security
2. mercy, respite, quarter

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “امان”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Punjabi

Alternative forms

• اِیمان (īymān)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Punjabi اِیمانُ (īmānu), from Classical Persian ایمان (imān). Ultimately from Arabic إِيمَان (ʔīmān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɪmäːnə̆]

Noun

اِمان • (imān) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਇਮਾਨ)

1. faith, belief
2. religion
3. conscience, integrity, probity

Declension

Declension of امان
dir. sg.	اِمان (īmān)
dir. pl.	اِمان (īmān)
	singular	plural
direct	اِمان (īmān)	اِمان (īmān)
oblique	اِمان (īmān)	اِماناں (īmānāṉ)
vocative	اِمانا (īmānā)	اِمانو (īmāno)
ablative	اِمانوں (īmānoṉ)	اِماناں (īmānāṉ)
locative	اِمانے (īmāne)	اِمانِیں (īmānīṉ)
instrumental	اِمانوں (īmānoṉ)	–

References

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “بے_امان”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz