أمانة

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Arabic

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Root
ء م ن (ʔ m n)
13 terms

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    أَمَانَة (ʔamānaf (plural أَمَانَات (ʔamānāt))

    1. verbal noun of أَمُنَ (ʔamuna) (form I)
    2. trust
      • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 4:58:
        إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَأْمُرُكُمْ أَنْ تُؤَدُّوا الْأَمَانَاتِ إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهَا
        ʔinna l-laha yaʔmurukum ʔan tuʔaddū al-ʔamānāti ʔilā ʔahlihā
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    3. reliability
    4. confidentiality
    5. deposit
    6. municipal council (in a capital city)

    Declension

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    References

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    • Wehr, Hans (1979) “أمانة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN