imamah
English
Etymology 1
From Arabic عِمَامَة (ʿimāma)
Noun
imamah (plural imamahs)
- An Islamic turban.
Etymology 2
From Arabic إِمَامَة (ʾimāma)
Noun
imamah (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.
- 2012, Robin Wright, Rock the Casbah: Rage and Rebellion Across the Islamic World
Related terms
- Muslimah
Indonesian
Etymology
From Arabic إِمَامَة (ʾimāma). Doublet of imamat.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ima.mah/
- Hyphenation: ima‧mah
Noun
imamah (first-person possessive imamahku, second-person possessive imamahmu, third-person possessive imamahnya)
- (Islam) imamate
- leadership
- Synonym: kepemimpinan
Further reading
- “imamah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.