different between ayatollah vs imam

English

Alternative forms

• ayatolla

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ????????? (âyatollâh), from Arabic ????? ??????? (??yatu ll?h, “sign of God”), from ????? (??ya, “sign”) + ??????? (all?h, “God”).

Noun

ayatollah (plural ayatollahs)

1. A religious leader in Twelver Shi'ism.
2. (colloquial) An authority on any subject.

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ????????? (âyatollâh), from Arabic ????? ??????? (??yatu ll?h, “sign of God”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?.ja??t?.la?/
• Hyphenation: aya?tol?lah

Noun

ayatollah m (plural ayatollahs, diminutive ayatollaatje n)

1. A religious leader in Twelver Shi'ism.
2. Highest grade of theological scholarship in Shi'ism.
3. (by extension) A (thought) leader or key figure in general.
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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ????????? (âyatollâh), from Arabic ????? ??????? (??yatu ll?h, “sign of God”), from ????? (??ya, “sign”) + ??????? (all?h, “God”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ja.t?.la/

Noun

ayatollah m (plural ayatollahs)

1. ayatollah
2. (figuratively, derogatory) strong proponent of something; person behaving tyrannically and despotically in a particular matter

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ????????? (âyatollâh), from Arabic ????? ??????? (??yatu ll?h, “sign of God”), from ????? (??ya, “sign”) + ??????? (all?h, “God”).

Noun

ayatollah m (invariable)

1. ayatollah

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

ayatollah m

1. form removed by a 1984 spelling decision; superseded by ayatolla

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

ayatollah m

1. form removed by a 1984 spelling decision; superseded by ayatolla

English

Alternative forms

• imaum

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ??????? (?im?m, “leader”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i?m??m/, /??m??m/
• Rhymes: -??m

Noun

imam (plural imams)

1. One who leads the salat prayers in a mosque.

1. (usually capitalized) A Shi'ite Muslim leader descended from the prophet Muhammad and functioning as his spiritual successor.
   1. (Twelver Shi'ism) One of the Twelve imams, descendants of Muhammad from the seventh to ninth centuries C.E. who lived exemplary lives.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• I'mma, Imma, Mami, imma, maim, mami

Albanian

Etymology

From Arabic ??????? (?im?m).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i?mam/

Noun

imam m (indefinite plural imamë, definite singular imami, definite plural imamët)

1. (Islam) imam

Declension

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic ??????? (?im?m).

Noun

imam (definite accusative imam?, plural imamlar)

1. (Islam) imam

Declension

Catalan

Etymology

From Arabic ??????? (?im?m).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /i?mam/

Noun

imam m (plural imams)

1. (Islam) imam

Further reading

• “imam” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Danish

Etymology

From Arabic ??????? (?im?m, “leader”).

Noun

imam c (singular definite imamen, plural indefinite imamer)

1. (Islam) imam

Declension

References

• “imam” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

From Arabic ??????? (?im?m, “leader”).

Pronunciation

Noun

imam m (plural imams, diminutive imampje n)

1. (Islam) imam

French

Etymology

From Arabic ??????? (?im?m).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.mam/

Noun

imam m or f (plural imams)

1. (Islam) imam

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay imam, from Arabic ????? (?im?m, “leader, imam”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.mam/
• Hyphenation: i?mam

Noun

imam

1. leader
2. (Islam) imam
3. (Catholicism) priest

Derived terms

Further reading

• “imam” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Etymology

From Arabic ??????? (?im?m, “leader”).

Noun

imam m (invariable)

1. (Islam) imam

   Synonyms: iman, imano

Anagrams

• Imma
• mima

Latin

Adjective

?mam

1. accusative feminine singular of ?mus

Polish

Etymology

From Arabic ??????? (?im?m, “leader”).

Noun

imam m pers

1. (Islam) imam (“a Shi'ite Muslim leader”)

Declension

Related terms

• imamita
• imamizm

See also

• mufti

Further reading

• imam in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From Arabic ??????? (?im?m, “leader”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i?mam/

Noun

imam m (plural imami)

1. (Islam) imam

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ????? (imam), from Arabic ??????? (?im?m).

Noun

ìm?m m (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. (Islam) imam

Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

imam (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. first-person singular present of imati (I have)

Slovene

Verb

imam

1. first-person singular present of imeti

Spanish

Etymology

From Arabic ??????? (?im?m, “leader”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i?mam/, [i?mãm]

• IPA^(key): /i?man/, [i?mãn]

Noun

imam m (plural imames)

1. (Islam) imam

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ??????? (?im?m, “leader”).

Pronunciation

Noun

imam (n class, plural imam)

1. imam (Muslim leader)

Swedish

Etymology

From Arabic ??????? (?im?m, “leader”).

Noun

imam c

1. (Islam) imam

Declension

Anagrams

• imma, mima

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ????? (imam), from Arabic ??????? (?im?m).

Noun

imam (definite accusative imam?, plural imamlar)

1. (Islam) imam

Declension

Zazaki

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [i?m?m]
• Hyphenation: i?mam

Etymology

From Arabic ??????? (?im?m).

Noun

imam m

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