different between ayatollah vs iman

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 form removed by a 1984 spelling decision; superseded by ayatolla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 form removed by a 1984 spelling decision; superseded by ayatolla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

Etymology

From Arabic ???????? (??m?n, “faith, belief”).

Noun

iman (countable and uncountable, plural imans)

1. (Islam, uncountable) Pious adherence to the Islamic faith.
2. (Islam, countable) A believer in the Islamic faith.

   Synonym: mu'min

Anagrams

• Amin, Main, Mani, Mian, Mina, NAMI, NIMA, Naim, amin, main, mani, mina

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Arabic ???????? (??m?n).

Noun

iman (definite accusative iman?, plural imanlar)

1. (Islam) faith; faithfulness; religious firmness; strength of one's faith

   Synonyms: inanma, etiqad

Declension

Derived terms

• imanl?
• imans?z

Further reading

• “iman” in Obastan.com.

Basque

Etymology 1

From Spanish imán.

Noun

iman ?

1. magnet

Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

iman ?

1. imam

Declension

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: i?man

Noun

iman

1. a magnet

Dongxiang

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *ïmaxan cognate with Khitan [Khitan Small needed] (ê.ma), related through borrowing or inheritance with Proto-Turkic *?mga.

Compare Mongolian ???? (yamaa), Old Turkic ????????????? ((a)m?a).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i?ma?/, [i?m??(?)]

Noun

iman

1. goat

Indonesian

Etymology

From Arabic ?????? (??m?n).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

iman (first-person possessive imanku, second-person possessive imanmu, third-person possessive imannya)

1. belief, religion.

   Synonym: kepercayaan

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Italian

Noun

iman m (invariable)

1. imam

   Synonyms: (standard) imam, (archaic) imano

See also

• Iman

Anagrams

• amni, mani, mina

Romanian

Noun

iman m (plural imani)

1. Alternative form of imam

Declension