ਈਮਾਨੁ

Old Punjabi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic آمَنَ (ʔāmana)

Arabic إِيمَان (ʔīmān)bor.

Classical Persian اِیمَان (īmān)bor.

Old Punjabi ਈਮਾਨੁ (īmānu)

Borrowed from Classical Persian اِیمَان (īmān), borrowed from Arabic إِيمَان (ʔīmān), from آمَنَ (ʔāmana). Compare Old Hindi इमांन (imā̃n).

Noun

ਈਮਾਨੁ (īmānu) m (Shahmukhi اِیمانُ)

1. faith

Descendants

• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਇਮਾਨ (imān), ਈਮਾਨ (īmān)

  Shahmukhi script: اِمان (imān), اِیمان (īmān)

Further reading

• Christopher Shackle (2011) “ਈਮਾਨੁ”, in A Gurū Nānak Glossary, 2^nd edition, New Delhi: Heritage Publishers, →ISBN, page 29
• “ਈਮਾਨੁ”, in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Dictionary, SriGranth.org, 2024