امام

See also: إمام‎ and أمام‎

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic إِمَام‎ (ʾimām).

Noun

امام • (imam)

1. (Islam) imam
2. leader

Descendants

• Turkish: imam
• →? Armenian: իմամ (imam)
• → Bulgarian: има́м (imám)
• → Greek: ιμάμης (imámis)
• → Hungarian: imám
• → Macedonian: имам (imam)
• → Serbo-Croatian: ìmām

References

• Kélékian, Diran, “امام”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, 1911, page 142
• Redhouse, James W., “امام”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, 1890, page 194

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Pashto

Etymology

From Arabic إِمَام‎ (ʾimām).

Noun

امام • (emâm) m

1. (Islam) imam

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Persian

Dari Persian	امام
Iranian Persian
Tajik	имом (imom)

تیتر اصلی روزنامه اطلاعات با سرخط امام آمد
Ettela'at newspaper with the headline 'the Imam has come'

Etymology

From Arabic إِمَام‎ (ʾimām).

Pronunciation

• Vocalised Persian: اِمام

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /imɑːm/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /ɪmɒːm/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /emɒːm/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /imɔːm/

Noun

امام • (emâm)

1. (Islam) imam
2. (literary) leader

   Synonyms: پیشوا‎ (pêšvâ), رهبر‎ (rahbar)

Related terms

• امامی‎ (emâmi)
• امامت‎ (emâmat)
  

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Urdu

Etymology

From Arabic إِمَام‎ (ʾimām).

Noun

امام • (imām) m (Hindi spelling इमाम)

1. (Islam) imam