aman

See also: Aman, amân, amañ, amãn, Amán, and āman

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧man

Verb

aman

1. to anticipate

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Dongxiang

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *aman, see Mongolian ам (am).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmaŋ/, [ɑˈmɑ̃(ŋ)]

Noun

aman

1. mouth
2. brim, edge

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Esperanto

Adjective

aman

1. accusative singular of ama

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Galician

Verb

aman

1. third-person plural present indicative of amar

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Ghadames

Noun

aman pl

1. water

References

• Etudes berbères et chamito-sémitiques: mélanges offerts à Karl-G. Prasse (2000, →ISBN, page 38

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Arabic اَمَان‎ (amān, “tranquillity, peacefulness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.man/

Adjective

aman

1. safe

Derived terms

• mengamankan (“to secure”)
• memperaman (“to make more safe, to resecure”)
• pengaman (“securer”)
• pengamanan (“security (process)”)
• keamanan (“security (condition, state)”)

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Kabyle

Noun

aman m pl

1. water

   Mi akken ay d-yenna aman, nettat tefka-as aman.

   When he said water, she gave him water.

References

• Etudes berbères et chamito-sémitiques: mélanges offerts à Karl-G. Prasse (2000, →ISBN, page 38

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Malay

Etymology

From Arabic اَمَان‎ (amān, “tranquillity, peacefulness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aman/
• Rhymes: -aman, -man, -an

Adjective

aman

1. peaceful

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Nefusa

Noun

aman pl

1. water

References

• Etudes berbères et chamito-sémitiques: mélanges offerts à Karl-G. Prasse (2000, →ISBN, page 38

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Nobiin

Etymology

Old Nubian ⲁⲙⲁⲛ-.

Noun

aman

1. water

References

• Etudes berbères et chamito-sémitiques: mélanges offerts à Karl-G. Prasse (2000, →ISBN, page 38

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Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Armenian աման (aman).

Noun

aman

1. household utensils, pots and pans

References

• Jaba, Auguste; Justi, Ferdinand (1879), “اوان”, in Dictionnaire Kurde-Français [Kurdish–French Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 20a
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “աման”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 144a
• Rizgar, Baran (1993), “aman”, in Kurdish–English, English–Kurdish Dictionary, London: M. F. Onen, page 22b

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǎmaːn/
• Hyphenation: a‧man

Noun

àmān m (Cyrillic spelling а̀ма̄н)

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

Declension

Declension of aman

	singular	plural
nominative	àmān	amani
genitive	amána	amana
dative	amanu	amanima
accusative	aman	amane
vocative	amane	amani
locative	amanu	amanima
instrumental	amanom	amanima

Interjection

àmān (Cyrillic spelling а̀ма̄н)

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 of use of this term, see Citations:aman.

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Siwi

Noun

amán pl

1. water

References

• Etudes berbères et chamito-sémitiques: mélanges offerts à Karl-G. Prasse (2000, →ISBN, page 38

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Sokna

Noun

aman pl

1. (Fezzan / Fogaha) water

References

• Etudes berbères et chamito-sémitiques: mélanges offerts à Karl-G. Prasse (2000, →ISBN, page 38

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Spanish

Verb

aman

1. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes^?) present indicative form of amar.
2. Second-person plural (ustedes) present indicative form of amar.

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Tagargrent

Noun

aman

1. water

Reference

• S. Biarnay, Etude sur le dialecte berbère de Ouargla, Ernest Leroux, Paris, 1908, page 170

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Tarifit

Noun

aman

1. water

Reference

• [1]
• Jordi Aguadé, ‎Patrice Cressier, ‎Ángeles Vicente, Peuplement et arabisation au Maghreb occidenta (1998)
• Paul Geuthner, Manuel de berbère marocain: (dialecte rifain) (1926)

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Tashelhit

Noun

aman pl

1. water

References

• Etudes berbères et chamito-sémitiques: mélanges offerts à Karl-G. Prasse (2000, →ISBN, page 38

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Taznatit

Noun

aman m pl

1. water

References

• Maarten Kossmann, Grammaire du parler berbère de Figuig (Maroc oriental) (1997), page 265

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Tetum

Noun

aman

1. father

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Tuareg

Alternative forms

• Niger: âman
• Tifinagh: ⵎⵏ
• Arabic: امن‎

Noun

aman pl

1. water

References

• Etudes berbères et chamito-sémitiques: mélanges offerts à Karl-G. Prasse (2000, →ISBN, page 38

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Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish امان‎ (amân), from Arabic اَمَان‎ (amān, “tranquillity, peacefulness”).

Noun

aman (definite accusative amanı, uncountable)

1. mercy
2. quarter

Interjection

aman!

1. oh!

Descendants

• Greek: αμάν (amán, “oh!”)

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Zenaga

Noun

aman pl

1. water

References

• Etudes berbères et chamito-sémitiques: mélanges offerts à Karl-G. Prasse (2000, →ISBN, page 38
• Général Léon Faidherbe, Le Zénaga des tribus sénégalaises (1877), page 43