ضامن

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic ضَامِن (ḍāmin), active participle of ضَمِنَ (ḍamina, “to guarantee, insure”).

Noun

ضامن • (zamin)

1. guarantee, surety
2. guarantor

Derived terms

• ضامنلك (zaminlik)

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ضمان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1205
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 1272

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ضَامِن (ḍāmin).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [zɑː.ˈmin]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zɑː.mɪ́n]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zɑː.mɪ́n]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [zɑː.mɪ́n]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [zɔː.mín]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [zɒː.mén]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [zɔ.mín]

Readings
Classical reading?	zāmin
Dari reading?	zāmin
Iranian reading?	zâmen
Tajik reading?	zomin

Noun

ضامن • (zâmen)

1. surety, guarantee
2. guarantor (person)
3. safety catch (of a firearm)