أمانة

Arabic

Root
ء م ن (ʔ-m-n)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔa.maː.na/

Noun

أَمَانَة • (ʔamāna) f (plural أَمَانَات (ʔamānāt))

1. verbal noun of أَمُنَ (ʔamuna) (form I)
2. trust
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 4:58:

     إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَأْمُرُكُمْ أَنْ تُؤَدُّوا الْأَمَانَاتِ إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهَا

     ʔinna l-laha yaʔmurukum ʔan tuʔaddū al-ʔamānāti ʔilā ʔahlihā

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. reliability
4. confidentiality
5. deposit
6. municipal council (in a capital city)

Declension

Declension of noun أَمَانَة (ʔamāna)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَمَانَة ʔamāna	الْأَمَانَة al-ʔamāna	أَمَانَة ʔamānat
Nominative	أَمَانَةٌ ʔamānatun	الْأَمَانَةُ al-ʔamānatu	أَمَانَةُ ʔamānatu
Accusative	أَمَانَةً ʔamānatan	الْأَمَانَةَ al-ʔamānata	أَمَانَةَ ʔamānata
Genitive	أَمَانَةٍ ʔamānatin	الْأَمَانَةِ al-ʔamānati	أَمَانَةِ ʔamānati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَمَانَتَيْن ʔamānatayn	الْأَمَانَتَيْن al-ʔamānatayn	أَمَانَتَيْ ʔamānatay
Nominative	أَمَانَتَانِ ʔamānatāni	الْأَمَانَتَانِ al-ʔamānatāni	أَمَانَتَا ʔamānatā
Accusative	أَمَانَتَيْنِ ʔamānatayni	الْأَمَانَتَيْنِ al-ʔamānatayni	أَمَانَتَيْ ʔamānatay
Genitive	أَمَانَتَيْنِ ʔamānatayni	الْأَمَانَتَيْنِ al-ʔamānatayni	أَمَانَتَيْ ʔamānatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَمَانَات ʔamānāt	الْأَمَانَات al-ʔamānāt	أَمَانَات ʔamānāt
Nominative	أَمَانَاتٌ ʔamānātun	الْأَمَانَاتُ al-ʔamānātu	أَمَانَاتُ ʔamānātu
Accusative	أَمَانَاتٍ ʔamānātin	الْأَمَانَاتِ al-ʔamānāti	أَمَانَاتِ ʔamānāti
Genitive	أَمَانَاتٍ ʔamānātin	الْأَمَانَاتِ al-ʔamānāti	أَمَانَاتِ ʔamānāti

Descendants

• → Armenian: ամանաթ (amanatʻ)
• → Azerbaijani: əmanət
• → Bashkir: аманат (amanat)
• → Chagatai: امانت
  • Uyghur: ئامانەت (amanet)
  • Uzbek: omonat
• → Classical Malay: امانه
  • Malay: amanah
    • Indonesian: amanah
• → Georgian: ამანათი (amanati)
• → Hausa: amana
• → Kazakh: аманат (amanat)
• → Kumyk: аманат (amanat)
• → Kyrgyz: аманат (amanat)
• → Northern Kurdish: (perhaps) anemetî
• → Ottoman Turkish: امانت (emânet)
  • Turkish: emanet
• → Pashto: امانت (amānát)
• → Persian: امانت (amânat)
  • → Bengali: আমানত (amanot)
  • → Classical Malay: امانت
    • Malay: amanat
      • Indonesian: amanat
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: अमानत (amānat)

    Urdu: امانت (amānat)

  • → Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਅਮਾਨਤ (amānat)

    Shahmukhi script: امانت (amānat)

  • → Sindhi: امانت
• → Russian: амана́т (amanát) (via Turkic)
  • → English: amanat
• → Swahili: amana
• → Tatar: әманәт (ämanät)
• → Turkmen: amanat

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “أمانة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN