Urdu

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from Classical Persian مُؤْمِن (mu'min), borrowed from Arabic مُؤْمِن (muʔmin), from آمَنَ (ʔāmana). First attested in c. 1564 as Middle Hindi مومن (mvmn /⁠momin⁠/).[1]

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    مومِن (mominm (formal plural مومِنِین (mominīn), feminine مومِنَہ (momina), Hindi spelling मोमिन)

    1. (Islam) devout Muslim, true believer

    Declension

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    Declension of مومن
    singular plural
    direct مومِن (momin) مومِن (momin)
    oblique مومِن (momin) مومِنوں (mominõ)
    vocative مومِن (momin) مومِنو (momino)

    Proper noun

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    مومِن (mominm (feminine مومِنَہ (momina), Hindi spelling मोमिन)

    1. a male given name from Arabic

    Descendants

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    • English: Momin

    References

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    1. ^ مومن”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

    Further reading

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    • مومن”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
    • Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “مومن”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]