amanat
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Russian амана́т (amanát, “hostage”), via a Turkic language from Arabic أَمَانَة (ʔamāna, “surety”).
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Noun edit
amanat (plural amanats or amanaty)
- (historical) A Native American hostage taken by Russian colonists.
- 1990, Richard A. Pierce, Russian America: A Biographical Dictionary, page xvii:
- Kuznetsov — his Aleut name is unknown — had been given to Russian fur traders as an amanat (hostage).
- 2002, European Review of Native American Studies:
- According to Davydov (1812, 2:54, 132), the chief of the Ugalakhmiut Eyak specially came to Kodiak for a meeting with his son, who was an amanat among the Russians.
- 2005, Grinev, The Tlingit Indians in Russian America, 1741-1867, page 260:
- Toion Fedor accepted Orthodoxy in the winter of 1795–96 when he lived at Kodiak as an amanat.
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Malay amanat, from Classical Malay امانت (amanat), from Classical Persian امانت (amānat), from Arabic أَمَانَة (ʔamāna).[1] Doublet of amanah.
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Noun edit
amanat (plural amanat-amanat, first-person possessive amanatku, second-person possessive amanatmu, third-person possessive amanatnya)
- message:
- (communication, linguistics) a communication, or what is communicated; any concept or information conveyed.
- (literature) an underlying theme or conclusion to be drawn from something.
- Synonym: pesan
- statement
- Synonym: keterangan
- instruction; advice; guidance
- Synonym: wejangan
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Further reading edit
- “amanat” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.