аман

See also: яман and Appendix:Variations of "aman"

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish امان (emân, amân), from Arabic اَمَان (amān, “tranquillity, peacefulness”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐˈman]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

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• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification^(key): а‧ман
• Hyphenation^(key): аман

Interjection

ама́н • (amán)

1. phooey, fie on, I am fed up with something (usually followed by от (ot) which precedes the source of annoyance)

References

• “аман”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “аман”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Anagrams

• мана (mana)

Chuvash

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *emge- (“to suffer”). Related to амак (amak, “illness”).

Verb

аман • (aman)

1. to be maimed, to be wounded

References

• “аман”, in Электронлӑ сӑмахсар [Elektronlă s̬ămahsar]‎^[1] (overall work in Russian and Chuvash), 1996.
• Jegorov, V. G. (1964), “аман”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), Cheboksary: Čuvašskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, page 26

Even

Etymology

From Proto-Tungusic *amin, compare Evenki амин (amin), Manchu ᠠᠮᠠ (ama).

Noun

аман (aman)

1. father

Kazakh

Alternative scripts

Arabic	امان
Cyrillic	аман
Latin	aman

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَمَان (ʔamān, “tranquillity, peacefulness”).

Adjective

аман • (aman)

1. unscathed, unharmed, unhurt, safe, intact

Adverb

аман • (aman)

1. safely, soundly

Macedonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آمان (aman), from Arabic اَمَان (amān, “tranquillity, peacefulness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaman]
• IPA^(key): [aˈman]

Noun

аман • (aman) m

1. pity, mercy, compassion, forgiveness

Interjection

аман • (aman)

1. by God, for goodness' sake (in amazement, frustration, or asking for mercy)

Northern Mansi

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaman]
• Hyphenation: а‧ман
• Rhymes: -an

Particle

аман (aman) (Sosva, Upper Lozva, Sygva, Ob)

1. questioning particula, maybe…or maybe; either…or
   • 1982, Je. I. Rombandejeva, Je. A. Kuzakova, Slovarʹ mansijsko-russkij i russko-mansijskij [Dictionary Mansi-Russian and Russian-Mansi], Leningrad: Prosveščenije:

     Наӈ аман ат ва̄глын, хоты ма̄ӈ хум?

     Naň aman at vāglyn, hoty māň hum?

     Don't you know, who this man is?

   • 1982, Je. I. Rombandejeva, Je. A. Kuzakova, Slovarʹ mansijsko-russkij i russko-mansijskij [Dictionary Mansi-Russian and Russian-Mansi], Leningrad: Prosveščenije:

     Холыт аман турап хо̄тал ва̄ри.

     Holyt aman turap hōtal vāri.

     There will maybe be bad weather tomorrow.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آمان (aman), from Arabic اَمَان (amān, “tranquillity, peacefulness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǎmaːn/
• Hyphenation: а‧ман

Noun

а̀ма̄н m inan (Latin spelling àmān)

1. pity
2. mercy
3. compassion
4. forgiveness

Declension

Declension of аман

	singular	plural
nominative	а̀ма̄н	амани
genitive	ама́на	амана
dative	аману	аманима
accusative	аман	амане
vocative	амане	амани
locative	аману	аманима
instrumental	аманом	аманима

Interjection

а̀ма̄н (Latin spelling àmān)

1. for goodness' sake! (in amazement)
2. (when asking for mercy, help or forgiveness):
   1. Be merciful!
   2. Help me!
   3. I'm sorry!
3. by God, I swear to god! (used to add emphasis, as if swearing an oath)

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:aman.