ਈਮਾਨੁ

Old Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ایمان (īmān), from Arabic إِيمَان (ʔīmān). Compare Old Hindi इमांन (imā̃n).

Noun

ਈਮਾਨੁ (īmānu) m (Shahmukhi اِیمانُ)

1. faith

Descendants

• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਇਮਾਨ (imān), ਈਮਾਨ (īmān)

  Shahmukhi script: اِمان (imān), اِیمان (īmān)

Further reading

• Christopher Shackle (2011) “ਈਮਾਨੁ”, in A Gurū Nānak Glossary, 2nd edition, New Delhi: Heritage Publishers, →ISBN, page 29.
• “ਈਮਾਨੁ”, in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Dictionary, SriGranth.org, 2024