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Webster 1913 Edition


Firman

Fir′man

(? or ?)
,
Noun.
;
pl.
Firmans
(#)
or
(#)
.
[Pers.
fermān
.]
In Turkey and some other Oriental countries, a decree or mandate issued by the sovereign; a royal order or grant; – generally given for special objects, as to a traveler to insure him protection and assistance.
[Written also
firmaun
.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Firman

FIR'MAN

,
Noun.
An Asiatic word, denoting a passport, permit, license, or grant of privileges.

Definition 2024


Firman

Firman

See also: firman

English

Proper noun

Firman

  1. A surname.
  2. A male given name

firman

firman

See also: Firman

English

Noun

firman (plural firmans)

  1. A royal decree issued by a sovereign in certain historical Islamic states, especially by the Sultan of Turkey.
    • 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, IV:
      his Sublimity's firman, The most imperative of sovereign spells, / Which every body does without who can [...].
    • 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society 2010, p. 134:
      He managed to obtain from the vizier a firman bearing the Emir's personal seal and ordering all Bokharan officials to assist the party in every way possible.
    • 2005: International Law And The Great War, Coleman Phillipson
      It will be noted that the title of Sultan was adopted partly because that of Khedive had been conferred by an Ottoman firman.

References

  1. "firman." Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. 2008.

Esperanto

Adjective

firman

  1. accusative singular of firma

Finnish

Noun

firman

  1. Genitive singular form of firma.

Anagrams


Spanish

Verb

firman

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

Swedish

Noun

firman

  1. definite singular of firma