Slovene

Proper noun

Aman

1. Amman

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

• S. Biarnay, Etude sur le dialecte berbère de Ouargla, Ernest Leroux, Paris, 1908, page 170

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

• Niger: âman
• Tifinagh: ⵎⵏ
• Arabic: امن

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