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imam
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)
- One who leads the salat prayers in a mosque.
- (usually capitalized) A Shi'ite Muslim leader descended from the prophet Muhammad and functioning as his spiritual successor.
- (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)
- (Islam) imam
Declension
Azerbaijani
Etymology
Ultimately from Arabic ??????? (?im?m).
Noun
imam (definite accusative imam?, plural imamlar)
- (Islam) imam
Declension
Catalan
Etymology
From Arabic ??????? (?im?m).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /i?mam/
Noun
imam m (plural imams)
- (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)
- (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)
- (Islam) imam
French
Etymology
From Arabic ??????? (?im?m).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i.mam/
Noun
imam m or f (plural imams)
- (Islam) imam
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay imam, from Arabic ????? (?im?m, “leader, imam”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i.mam/
- Hyphenation: i?mam
Noun
imam
- leader
- (Islam) imam
- (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)
- (Islam) imam
- Synonyms: iman, imano
Anagrams
- Imma
- mima
Latin
Adjective
?mam
- accusative feminine singular of ?mus
Polish
Etymology
From Arabic ??????? (?im?m, “leader”).
Noun
imam m pers
- (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)
- (Islam) imam
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ????? (imam), from Arabic ??????? (?im?m).
Noun
ìm?m m (Cyrillic spelling ?????)
- (Islam) imam
Declension
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
imam (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- first-person singular present of imati (I have)
Slovene
Verb
imam
- 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)
- (Islam) imam
Swahili
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic ??????? (?im?m, “leader”).
Pronunciation
Noun
imam (n class, plural imam)
- imam (Muslim leader)
Swedish
Etymology
From Arabic ??????? (?im?m, “leader”).
Noun
imam c
- (Islam) imam
Declension
Anagrams
- imma, mima
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish ????? (imam), from Arabic ??????? (?im?m).
Noun
imam (definite accusative imam?, plural imamlar)
- (Islam) imam
Declension
Zazaki
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [i?m?m]
- Hyphenation: i?mam
Etymology
From Arabic ??????? (?im?m).
Noun
imam m
- (Islam) imam
- (literary) leader
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mihrab
English
Etymology
Arabic ????????? (mi?r?b)
Noun
mihrab (plural mihrabs)
- (Islam) a niche in a mosque that indicates the qibla (direction of Mecca), and into which the imam prays
- (Islam) a design in a Muslim prayer mat with the same function
References
Anagrams
- Brahim, Brahmi
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic ????????? (mi?r?b).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mi?rab/
- Hyphenation: mih?ràb
Noun
mihrab m (invariable)
- (Islam) mihrab
References
- mihrab in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Romanian
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish ?????? (mihrab), from Arabic ????????? (mi?r?b).
Noun
mihrab n (uncountable)
- (Islam) mihrab
Declension
mihrab From the web:
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