Oman

See also: oman, Óman, Omán, and -oman

English

Location of Oman

Etymology

From Arabic عُمَان (ʕumān).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əʊˈmɑːn/, /əˈmɑːn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /oʊˈmɑn/, /oʊˈmæn/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːn, (US) -ɑn, (US) -æn

Proper noun

Oman

2. A country in Western Asia, in the Middle East. Official name: Sultanate of Oman. Capital: Muscat.

Derived terms

• Omani
• Omani Empire
• Omanise
• Omanize
• Sultanate of Oman
• Trucial Oman

 

Translations

country in the Middle East

• Afrikaans: Oman
• Albanian: Oman m, Omani (sq) m (definite)
• Amharic: ኦማን (ʾoman)
• Arabic: عُمَان (ar) f (ʕumān)
• Armenian: Օման (Ōman)
• Aromanian: Uman
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܥܘܼܡܲܢ (ʿumān)
• Azerbaijani: Oman (az)
• Bashkir: Оман (Oman)
• Belarusian: Ама́н m (Amán)
• Bengali: ওমান (bn) (ōman)
• Breton: Oman
• Bulgarian: Ома́н (bg) m (Omán)
• Burmese: အိုမန် (uiman)
• Catalan: Oman (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿曼 (zh) (Āmàn)

• Cornish: Oman
• Czech: Omán (cs) m
• Danish: Oman n
• Dhivehi: ޢުމާން (ʿumān̊)
• Dutch: Oman (nl) n
• Esperanto: Omano (eo)
• Estonian: Omaan (et)
• Finnish: Oman (fi)
• French: Oman (fr) m
• Galician: Omán (gl) m
• Georgian: ომანი (ka) (omani)
• German: Oman (de) n
• Greek: Ομάν (el) n (Omán)
• Hausa: Oman
• Hebrew: עוֹמָן f (oman), עוֹמָאן f (oman)
• Hindi: ओमान (hi) m (omān)
• Hungarian: Omán (hu)
• Icelandic: Óman (is) n
• Ido: Oman (io)
• Indonesian: Oman (id)
• Interlingua: Oman
• Irish: Óman m
• Italian: Oman m
• Japanese: オマーン (ja) (Omān)
• Kalenjin: Oman
• Kamba: Omani
• Kazakh: Оман (kk) (Oman)
• Khmer: អូមែន (ʼoumɛɛn)
• Kikuyu: Oman
• Korean: 오만 (ko) (Oman)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: عومان (ckb) ('uman)

• Kyrgyz: Оман (ky) (Oman)
• Lao: ໂອມານ (ʼō mān)
• Latvian: Omāna (lv) f
• Lithuanian: Omanas (lt) m
• Luhya: Oman
• Luo: Oman
• Macedonian: О́ман m (Óman)
• Malay: Oman (ms)
• Maltese: Oman (mt)
• Manx: yn Omaan
• Marathi: ओमान m (omān)
• Meru: Oman
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Оман (Oman)

• Navajo: Omą́ą́
• Norman: Oman m, Ômaun (continental Normandy)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Oman (no) n

  Nynorsk: Oman (nn) n

• Pashto: عمان ('umān)
• Persian:

  Dari: عُمَان (umān)

  Iranian Persian: عُمان (omân)

• Polish: Oman (pl) m
• Portuguese: Omã (pt) m
• Romanian: Oman (ro) n
• Russian: Ома́н (ru) m (Omán)
• Scottish Gaelic: Omàn
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: О̀ма̄н m

  Roman: Òmān (sh) m

• Sinhalese: ඕමානය (ōmānaya)
• Slovak: Omán (sk) m
• Slovene: Oman (sl) m
• Spanish: Omán (es)
• Swahili: Omani (sw)
• Swedish: Oman (sv) n
• Tagalog: Oman
• Tajik: Оман (Oman), Уммон (Ummon)
• Tatar: Оман (Oman)
• Thai: โอมาน (th) (oo-maan)
• Turkish: Umman (tr)
• Turkmen: Oman
• Ukrainian: Ома́н (uk) m (Omán)
• Urdu: عُمان m ('umān)
• Uyghur: ئومان (oman)
• Uzbek: Oman (uz)
• Vietnamese: Ô-man
• Volapük: Lomän
• Welsh: Oman f
• Yiddish: אָמאַן (oman)
• Yoruba: Ọọma

See also

• Countries of the world
• (countries of Asia) country of Asia; Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, East Timor, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

Anagrams

• Noam, Mona, mona, Mano, NOMA, Amon, noma, Onam, maon, MONA, mano, moan

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [uˈman]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [oˈman]

• Audio (Valencia):

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Proper noun

Oman m

1. Oman (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Related terms

• omanita

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Oman

1. Oman (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Crimean Tatar

Proper noun

Oman

1. Oman (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Danish

Proper noun

Oman

1. Oman (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Related terms

• omaner
• omansk

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oːˈmɑn/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɑn

Proper noun

Oman n

1. Oman (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Derived terms

• Omaans
• Omaanse
• Omani

Finnish

Etymology

From English Oman, Arabic عُمَان (ʕumān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈomɑn/, [ˈo̞mɑ̝n]
• Rhymes: -omɑn
• Hyphenation^(key): O‧man

Proper noun

Oman

1. Oman (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Declension

Inflection of Oman (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Oman	—
genitive		Omanin	—
partitive		Omania	—
illative		Omaniin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Oman	—
accusative	nom.	Oman	—
	gen.	Omanin
genitive		Omanin	—
partitive		Omania	—
inessive		Omanissa	—
elative		Omanista	—
illative		Omaniin	—
adessive		Omanilla	—
ablative		Omanilta	—
allative		Omanille	—
essive		Omanina	—
translative		Omaniksi	—
abessive		Omanitta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Oman (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Omanini — accusative nom. Omanini — gen. Omanini genitive Omanini — partitive Omaniani — inessive Omanissani — elative Omanistani — illative Omaniini — adessive Omanillani — ablative Omaniltani — allative Omanilleni — essive Omaninani — translative Omanikseni — abessive Omanittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Omanisi — accusative nom. Omanisi — gen. Omanisi genitive Omanisi — partitive Omaniasi — inessive Omanissasi — elative Omanistasi — illative Omaniisi — adessive Omanillasi — ablative Omaniltasi — allative Omanillesi — essive Omaninasi — translative Omaniksesi — abessive Omanittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Omanimme — accusative nom. Omanimme — gen. Omanimme genitive Omanimme — partitive Omaniamme — inessive Omanissamme — elative Omanistamme — illative Omaniimme — adessive Omanillamme — ablative Omaniltamme — allative Omanillemme — essive Omaninamme — translative Omaniksemme — abessive Omanittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Omaninne — accusative nom. Omaninne — gen. Omaninne genitive Omaninne — partitive Omanianne — inessive Omanissanne — elative Omanistanne — illative Omaniinne — adessive Omanillanne — ablative Omaniltanne — allative Omanillenne — essive Omaninanne — translative Omaniksenne — abessive Omanittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Omaninsa — accusative nom. Omaninsa — gen. Omaninsa genitive Omaninsa — partitive Omaniaan Omaniansa — inessive Omanissaan Omanissansa — elative Omanistaan Omanistansa — illative Omaniinsa — adessive Omanillaan Omanillansa — ablative Omaniltaan Omaniltansa — allative Omanilleen Omanillensa — essive Omaninaan Omaninansa — translative Omanikseen Omaniksensa — abessive Omanittaan Omanittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• omanilainen

Anagrams

• moan

French

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Oman m

1. Oman (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Derived terms

• Omanais
• omanais
• Omani
• omani

Gagauz

Proper noun

Oman

1. Oman (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aːn

Proper noun

Oman n (proper noun, genitive Omans or (optionally with an article) Oman)

1. Oman (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Derived terms

• Omaner
• omanisch

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.man/, (traditional) /oˈman/
• Rhymes: -ɔman, (traditional) -an
• Hyphenation: Ò‧man, (traditional) O‧màn

Proper noun

Oman m

1. Oman (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Derived terms

• omanita

Anagrams

• Maon, mano, mona, noma

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔˈmaːn/

Proper noun

L-Oman m

1. Oman (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East; official name: Saltna tal-Oman)

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Oman

1. Oman (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Related terms

• omaner
• omansk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Oman

1. Oman (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Related terms

• omanar
• omansk

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عُمَان (ʕumān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.man/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔman
• Syllabification: O‧man
• Homophone: oman

Proper noun

Oman m inan (related adjective omański)

1. Oman (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Declension

Declension of Oman

	singular
nominative	Oman
genitive	Omanu
dative	Omanowi
accusative	Oman
instrumental	Omanem
locative	Omanie
vocative	Omanie

Derived terms

nouns

• Omanka
• Omańczyk

 

Further reading

• Oman in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

•  IPA^(key): /ǒmaːn/

Proper noun

Òmān m (Cyrillic spelling О̀ма̄н)

1. Oman (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Declension

Declension of Oman

	singular
nominative	Òmān
genitive	Omána
dative	Omanu
accusative	Oman
vocative	Omane
locative	Omanu
instrumental	Omanom

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /óːman/

Proper noun

Ọ̑man m anim

1. a surname

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	Oman
gen. sing.	Omana
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Oman	Omana	Omani
genitive (rodȋlnik)	Omana	Omanov	Omanov
dative (dajȃlnik)	Omanu	Omanoma	Omanom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	Omana	Omana	Omane
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Omanu	Omanih	Omanih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Omanom	Omanoma	Omani

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Oman n (genitive Omans)

1. Oman (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Derived terms

• omanier
• omansk
• omanska

Further reading

• Oman in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• Utrikes namnbok (12th ed., 2024)
• Svensk MeSH

Anagrams

• Mona

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Omán (“Oman”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔoˈman/ [ʔoˈman̪]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: O‧man

Proper noun

Omán (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜋᜈ᜔)

1. Oman (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Anagrams

• mano, Amon

Turkmen

Proper noun

Oman

1. Oman (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔˈman/

Proper noun

Oman f

1. Oman (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Coordinate terms

• (countries of Asia) gwledydd Asia; Affganistan, Armenia, Aserbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhwtan, Brwnei, Cambodia, Casachstan, Catar, Coweit, Cirgistan, Cyprus, De Corea, Dwyrain Timor, yr Emiradau Arabaidd Unedig, Fietnam, Georgia, Iemen, India, Indonesia, Irac, Iran, Israel, Japan, Gogledd Corea, Gwlad Tai, Gwlad yr Iorddonen, Laos, Libanus, Maleisia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Oman, Pacistan, Palesteina, y Philipinau, Rwsia, Sawdi Arabia, Singapôr, Sri Lanca, Syria, Taiwan, Tajicistan, Tsieina, Twrci, Tyrcmenistan, Wsbecistan

Derived terms

• Swltaniaeth Oman (“Sultanate of Oman”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Oman

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
Oman	unchanged	unchanged	Homan

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.