امام

See also: إمام and أمام

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic إِمَام (ʔimām).

Noun

امام • (imam)

1. (Islam) imam
2. leader

Descendants

• Turkish: imam
• → Albanian: 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^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 142
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “امام”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 194

Pashto

Etymology

From Arabic إِمَام (ʔimām).

Noun

امام • (emām) m

1. (Islam) imam

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِمَام (ʔimām).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔi.ˈmɑːm]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪ.mɑ́ːm]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪ.mɑ́ːm]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪ.mɑ́ːm]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔi.mɔ́ːm]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔe.mɒ́ːm]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔi.mɔ́m]

Readings
Classical reading?	imām
Dari reading?	imām
Iranian reading?	emâm
Tajik reading?	imom

Noun

Dari	امام
Iranian Persian
Tajik	имом

اِمام • (emâm) (plural اَئمه (a'emme) or اِمامان (emâmân))

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

   Synonyms: پیشوا (pêšvâ), رَهبَر (rahbar)

Related terms

• اِمامی (emâmi)
• اِمامَت (emâmat)
  

Descendants

• → Gujarati: ઇમામ (imām)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اِمَام (imām), borrowed from Arabic إِمَام (ʔimām).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɪ.mɑːm/
• Rhymes: -ɑːm

Noun

امام • (imām) m (Hindi spelling इमाम)

1. (Islam) imam