See also: इमान

Old Hindi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian ایمان (īmān), from Arabic إِيمَان (ʔīmān). Compare Old Punjabi ਈਮਾਨੁ (īmānu).

Noun

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इमांन (imā̃n)

  1. honesty, moral integrity

Descendants

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  • Hindustani: īmān
    Hindi: ईमान
    Urdu: اِیمَان (īmān)

Further reading

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  • Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 519