имам

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		имам
Abjad		امام, ایمام

Noun

имам (definite accusative имамны, plural имамлар)

1. Cyrillic spelling of imam (“imam”)

Declension

Declension of имам

	singular	plural
nominative	имам	имамлар
definite accusative	имамы	имамлары
dative	имама	имамлара
locative	имамда	имамларда
ablative	имамдан	имамлардан
definite genitive	имамын	имамлары

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Bashkir

Etymology

From Arabic إِمَام (ʔimām).

Noun

имам • (imam)

1. (Islam) imam

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Bulgarian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *jьměti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiməm/

Verb

1. to have, possess, own
2. to suffer from (an illness), have (an illness)
3. to regard, consider, hold, look upon

   Имам го за верен човек. ― Imam go za veren čovek. ― I hold him to be loyal; I regard him as trustworthy.

Synonyms

• (possess): притежавам (pritežavam)
• (suffer): страдам (stradam)
• (regard): смятам (smjatam), считам (sčitam)

Related terms

• имам се (imam se)
• имам се с някого (imam se s njakogo)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish امام (imam) (Turkish imam), from Arabic إِمَام (ʔimām).

Alternative forms

• имамин (imamin)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈmam/

Noun

има́м • (imám) m

1. (Islam) imaum, imam

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Chechen

Etymology

From Arabic إِمَام (ʔimām).

Noun

имам • (imam) class vb (ergative има̄мо, plural има̄маш)

1. (Islam) imam

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Ingush

Etymology

From Arabic إِمَام (ʔimām).

Noun

имам • (imam) class vb (ergative имамо, plural имамаш)

1. (Islam) imam

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Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic	يمام
Cyrillic	имам
Latin	imam

Etymology

From Arabic إِمَام (ʔimām).

Noun

имам • (imam)

1. (Islam) imam

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Kyrgyz

Etymology

From Arabic إِمَام (ʔimām).

Noun

имам • (imam) (Arabic spelling ئمام)

1. (Islam) imam

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Macedonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish امام (imam) (Turkish imam), from Arabic إِمَام (ʔimām).

Noun

имам • (imam) m (plural имами)

1. (Islam) imam

Declension

Declension of имам

	singular	plural
indefinite	имам	имами
definite unspecified	имамот	имамите
definite proximal	имамов	имамиве
definite distal	имамон	имамине
vocative	имаму	имами
count form	—	имама

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِمَام (ʔimām).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɪˈmam]

Noun

има́м • (imám) m anim (genitive има́ма, nominative plural има́мы, genitive plural има́мов)

1. (Islam) imam

Declension

Declension of има́м (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	има́м imám	има́мы imámy
genitive	има́ма imáma	има́мов imámov
dative	има́му imámu	има́мам imámam
accusative	има́ма imáma	има́мов imámov
instrumental	има́мом imámom	има́мами imámami
prepositional	има́ме imáme	има́мах imámax

Related terms

• имамат (imamat)

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish امام (imam), from Arabic إِمَام (ʔimām).

Noun

ѝма̄м m (Latin spelling ìmām)

1. (Islam) imam

Declension

Declension of имам

	singular	plural
nominative	ѝма̄м	имами
genitive	има́ма	имама
dative	имаму	имамима
accusative	имама	имаме
vocative	имаме	имами
locative	имаму	имамима
instrumental	имамом	имамима

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Tatar

Etymology

From Arabic إِمَام (ʔimām).

Noun

имам • (imam)

1. (Islam) imam