אמן

See also: אָמן‎

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
א־מ־ן‎

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew, Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /aˈmen/
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ɔˈmeɪn/
• (Iraqi Hebrew, Syrian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈmen/
• (Yemenite Hebrew, Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔɔˈmen/

Interjection

אָמֵן • (amén)

1. Used to express agreement with what was just stated: amen

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: ἀμήν (amḗn)
  • → Arabic: آمِينَ‎ (ʾāmīna)
    • Gulf Arabic: آمين‎ (āmin)
  • → Bulgarian: амин (amin)
  • → Ge'ez: አሜን (ʾämen)
  • → Latin: āmēn
    • → German: Amen
    • → English: amen
  • → Russian: ами́нь (amínʹ)
  • → Classical Syriac: ܐܡܝܢ‎ ('āmēyn)

Etymology 2

Noun

אָמָּן • (omán) m

1. defective spelling of אומן‎ (omán).

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Yiddish

Interjection

אמן • (omeyn)

1. (nonstandard) Unpointed form of אָמן‎ (omeyn).