امام

امام

See also: إمام‎ and أمام‎

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic إِمَام‎ (ʾimām).

Noun

امام • (imam)

1. (Islam) imam
2. leader

Descendants

• Turkish: imam
• →? Armenian: իմամ (imam)
• → Bulgarian: има́м (imám)
• → Greek: ιμάμης (imámis)
• → Hungarian: imám
• → Macedonian: имам (imam)
• → Serbo-Croatian: ìmām

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “امام”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 142
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “امام”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 194

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Pashto

Etymology

From Arabic إِمَام‎ (ʾimām).

Noun

امام • (emâm) m

1. (Islam) imam

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Persian

Etymology

From Arabic إِمَام‎ (ʾimām).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /iˈmɑːm/

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /ɪˈmɑːm/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /eˈmɒːm/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /iˈmɔm/

Noun

Dari	امام
Iranian Persian
Tajik	имом (imom)

اِمام • (emâm)

1. (Islam) imam
2. (literary) leader

   Synonyms: پیشوا‎ (pêšvâ), رَهبَر‎ (rahbar)

Related terms

• اِمامی‎ (emâmi)
• اِمامَت‎ (emâmat)
  

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Urdu

Etymology

From Arabic إِمَام‎ (ʾimām).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɪ.mɑːm/

Noun

امام • (imām) m (Hindi spelling इमाम)

1. (Islam) imam