imamah
English
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editimamah (plural imamahs)
Etymology 2
editNoun
editimamah (plural imamahs)
- A female imam.
- 2012, Robin Wright, Rock the Casbah: Rage and Rebellion Across the Islamic World:
- Plus, Umm Waraqah was never explicitly forbidden to lead a mixed congregation. Wadud is now among a growing number of scholars, jurists, sheikhas, imamahs, and ordinary Muslim women pressing for the powers of religious authority.
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editIndonesian
editEtymology
editFrom Arabic إِمَامَة (ʔimāma). Doublet of imamat.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editimamah (first-person possessive imamahku, second-person possessive imamahmu, third-person possessive imamahnya)
- (Islam) imamate
- (obsolete) leadership
- Synonym: kepemimpinan
Further reading
edit- “imamah” 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.
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