इमान

See also: इमांन

Marathi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic آمَنَ (ʔāmana)

Arabic إِيمَان (ʔīmān)bor.

Classical Persian اِیمَان (īmān)bor.

Marathi इमान (imān)

Borrowed from Classical Persian اِیمَان (īmān), borrowed from Arabic إِيمَان (ʔīmān), from آمَنَ (ʔāmana).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.man/

Noun

इमान • (imān) n

1. (rare) honesty, loyalty

   Synonyms: प्रामाणिकपणा (prāmāṇikapṇā), निष्ठा (niṣṭhā)

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “इमान”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary‎^[1], New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, page 11
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “इमान”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 82
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “इमान”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 318.