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Aman

Aman

See also: aman, amân, amañ, amãn, Amán, and āman

Slovene

Proper noun

Aman

  1. Amman

aman

aman

See also: Aman, amân, amañ, amãn, Amán, and āman

Esperanto

Adjective

aman

  1. accusative singular of ama

Galician

Verb

aman

  1. third-person plural present indicative of amar

Ghadames

Noun

aman pl

  1. water

References

  • Etudes berbères et chamito-sémitiques: mélanges offerts à Karl-G. Prasse (2000, ISBN 9042908262), page 38

Indonesian

Etymology

From Arabic اَمَان (amān, tranquillity, peacefulness).

Adjective

aman

  1. safe

Kabyle

Noun

aman m pl

  1. water
    Mi akken ay d-yenna aman, nettat tefka-as aman.
    When he said water, she gave him water.

References

  • Etudes berbères et chamito-sémitiques: mélanges offerts à Karl-G. Prasse (2000, ISBN 9042908262), page 38

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic اَمَان (amān, tranquillity, peacefulness).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aman/
  • Rhymes: -aman, -man, -an

Adjective

aman

  1. peaceful

Nefusa

Noun

aman pl

  1. water

References

  • Etudes berbères et chamito-sémitiques: mélanges offerts à Karl-G. Prasse (2000, ISBN 9042908262), page 38

Nobiin

Etymology

Old Nubian ⲁⲙⲁⲛ-.

Noun

aman

  1. water

References

  • Etudes berbères et chamito-sémitiques: mélanges offerts à Karl-G. Prasse (2000, ISBN 9042908262), page 38

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Armenian աման (aman).

Noun

aman

  1. household utensils, pots and pans

References

  • Jaba, Auguste; Justi, Ferdinand (1879), اوان”, in Dictionnaire Kurde-Français [Kurdish–French Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 20a
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), աման”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, page 144a
  • Rizgar, Baran (1993), aman”, in Kurdish–English, English–Kurdish Dictionary, page 22b

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowing from Ottoman Turkish امان (amân), from Arabic اَمَان (amān, tranquillity, peacefulness).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ǎmaːn/
  • Hyphenation: a‧man

Noun

àmān m (Cyrillic spelling а̀ма̄н)

  1. pity
  2. mercy
  3. compassion
  4. forgiveness

Declension

Interjection

àmān (Cyrillic spelling а̀ма̄н)

  1. for goodness' sake! (in amazement)
  2. (when asking for mercy, help or forgiveness):
    1. Be merciful!
    2. Help me!
    3. I'm sorry!
  3. by God, I swear to god! (used to add emphasis, as if swearing an oath)

Quotations

  • For usage examples of this term, see Citations:aman.

Siwa

Noun

amán pl

  1. water

References

  • Etudes berbères et chamito-sémitiques: mélanges offerts à Karl-G. Prasse (2000, ISBN 9042908262), page 38

Sokna

Noun

aman pl

  1. (Fezzan / Fogaha) water

References

  • Etudes berbères et chamito-sémitiques: mélanges offerts à Karl-G. Prasse (2000, ISBN 9042908262), page 38

Spanish

Verb

aman

  1. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes?) present indicative form of amar.
  2. Second-person plural (ustedes) present indicative form of amar.

Tagargrent

Noun

aman

  1. water

Reference


Tarifit

Noun

aman

  1. water

Reference

  • Jordi Aguadé, ‎Patrice Cressier, ‎Ángeles Vicente, Peuplement et arabisation au Maghreb occidenta (1998)
  • Paul Geuthner, Manuel de berbère marocain: (dialecte rifain) (1926)

Tashelhit

Noun

aman pl

  1. water

References

  • Etudes berbères et chamito-sémitiques: mélanges offerts à Karl-G. Prasse (2000, ISBN 9042908262), page 38

Taznatit

Noun

aman m pl

  1. water

References

  • Maarten Kossmann, Grammaire du parler berbère de Figuig (Maroc oriental) (1997), page 265

Tetum

Noun

aman

  1. father

Tuareg

Alternative forms

Noun

aman pl

  1. water

References

  • Etudes berbères et chamito-sémitiques: mélanges offerts à Karl-G. Prasse (2000, ISBN 9042908262), page 38

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish امان (amân), from Arabic اَمَان (amān, tranquillity, peacefulness).

Noun

aman (definite accusative amanı, uncountable)

  1. mercy
  2. quarter

Interjection

aman!

  1. oh!

Zenaga

Noun

aman pl

  1. water

References

  • Etudes berbères et chamito-sémitiques: mélanges offerts à Karl-G. Prasse (2000, ISBN 9042908262), page 38
  • Général Léon Faidherbe, Le Zénaga des tribus sénégalaises (1877), page 43