iman

See also: Iman, imán, and íman

Languages (16)

English

---

Azerbaijani • Basque • Cebuano • Crimean Tatar • Dongxiang • French • Higaonon • Indonesian • Italian • Malay • Quechua • Romanian • Somali • Tashelhit • Turkish

---

Page categories

English

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Arabic آمَنَ (ʔāmana)

Arabic إِيمَان (ʔīmān)bor.

English iman

Borrowed from Arabic إِيمَان (ʔīmān), from آمَنَ (ʔāmana).

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

Etymology 2

Noun

iman (plural imans)

1. Archaic form of imam.

Anagrams

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

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic آمَنَ (ʔāmana)

Arabic إِيمَان (ʔīmān)bor.

Azerbaijani iman

Borrowed from Arabic إِيمَان (ʔīmān), from آمَنَ (ʔāmana).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Baku):

  (file)

Noun

iman (definite accusative imanı, plural imanlar)

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

   Synonyms: inanma, etiqad

Declension

Declension of iman

	singular	plural
nominative	iman	imanlar
definite accusative	imanı	imanları
dative	imana	imanlara
locative	imanda	imanlarda
ablative	imandan	imanlardan
definite genitive	imanın	imanların

Possessive forms of iman

	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	imanım	imanlarım
sənin (“your”)	imanın	imanların
onun (“his/her/its”)	imanı	imanları
bizim (“our”)	imanımız	imanlarımız
sizin (“your”)	imanınız	imanlarınız
onların (“their”)	imanı or imanları	imanları
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	imanımı	imanlarımı
sənin (“your”)	imanını	imanlarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	imanını	imanlarını
bizim (“our”)	imanımızı	imanlarımızı
sizin (“your”)	imanınızı	imanlarınızı
onların (“their”)	imanını or imanlarını	imanlarını
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	imanıma	imanlarıma
sənin (“your”)	imanına	imanlarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	imanına	imanlarına
bizim (“our”)	imanımıza	imanlarımıza
sizin (“your”)	imanınıza	imanlarınıza
onların (“their”)	imanına or imanlarına	imanlarına
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	imanımda	imanlarımda
sənin (“your”)	imanında	imanlarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	imanında	imanlarında
bizim (“our”)	imanımızda	imanlarımızda
sizin (“your”)	imanınızda	imanlarınızda
onların (“their”)	imanında or imanlarında	imanlarında
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	imanımdan	imanlarımdan
sənin (“your”)	imanından	imanlarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	imanından	imanlarından
bizim (“our”)	imanımızdan	imanlarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	imanınızdan	imanlarınızdan
onların (“their”)	imanından or imanlarından	imanlarından
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	imanımın	imanlarımın
sənin (“your”)	imanının	imanlarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	imanının	imanlarının
bizim (“our”)	imanımızın	imanlarımızın
sizin (“your”)	imanınızın	imanlarınızın
onların (“their”)	imanının or imanlarının	imanlarının

Derived terms

• imanlı
• imansız

References

• Orucov, Əliheydər, editor (2006), “iman”, in Azərbaycan dilinin izahlı lüğəti [Explanatory Dictionary of the Azerbaijani Language]‎^[2] (in Azerbaijani), 2nd edition, volume 2, Baku: Şərq-Qərb

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iman/ [i.mãn]
• Rhymes: -iman, -an
• Hyphenation: i‧man

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Arabic إِمَام (ʔimām)der.

Spanish imánbor.

Basque iman

Borrowed from Spanish imán.

Noun

iman inan

1. magnet

Declension

Declension of iman (inan C-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	iman	imana	imanak	imanok
ergative	imanek	imanak	imanek	imanok
dative	imani	imanari	imanei	imanoi
genitive	imanen	imanaren	imanen	imanon
comitative	imanekin	imanarekin	imanekin	imanokin
causative	imanengatik	imanarengatik	imanengatik	imanongatik
benefactive	imanentzat	imanarentzat	imanentzat	imanontzat
instrumental	imanez	imanaz	imanez	imanotaz
inessive	imanetan	imanean	imanetan	imanotan
locative	imanetako	imaneko	imanetako	imanotako
allative	imanetara	imanera	imanetara	imanotara
terminative	imanetaraino	imaneraino	imanetaraino	imanotaraino
directive	imanetarantz	imanerantz	imanetarantz	imanotarantz
destinative	imanetarako	imanerako	imanetarako	imanotarako
ablative	imanetatik	imanetik	imanetatik	imanotatik
partitive	imanik	—	—	—
prolative	imantzat	—	—	—

Etymology 2

Noun

iman anim

1. imam

Declension

Declension of iman (anim C-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	iman	imana	imanak	imanok
ergative	imanek	imanak	imanek	imanok
dative	imani	imanari	imanei	imanoi
genitive	imanen	imanaren	imanen	imanon
comitative	imanekin	imanarekin	imanekin	imanokin
causative	imanengatik	imanarengatik	imanengatik	imanongatik
benefactive	imanentzat	imanarentzat	imanentzat	imanontzat
instrumental	imanez	imanaz	imanez	imanotaz
inessive	imanengan	imanarengan	imanengan	imanongan
locative	—	—	—	—
allative	imanengana	imanarengana	imanengana	imanongana
terminative	imanenganaino	imanarenganaino	imanenganaino	imanonganaino
directive	imanenganantz	imanarenganantz	imanenganantz	imanonganantz
destinative	imanenganako	imanarenganako	imanenganako	imanonganako
ablative	imanengandik	imanarengandik	imanengandik	imanongandik
partitive	imanik	—	—	—
prolative	imantzat	—	—	—

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: i‧man

Noun

iman

1. magnet

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Arabic إِيمَان (ʔīmān).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: i‧man

Noun

iman

1. (Islam) faith

Declension

Declension of iman

	singular	plural
nominative	iman	imanlar
genitive	imannıñ	imanlarnıñ
dative	imanğa	imanlarğa
accusative	imannı	imanlarnı
locative	imanda	imanlarda
ablative	imandan	imanlardan

Derived terms

• imanlı
• imansız

References

• “iman”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Dongxiang

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *ïmaxan cognate with Khitan 𘱑𘯺 (*êm a), related through borrowing or inheritance with Proto-Turkic *ɨmga.

Compare Mongolian ямаа (jamaa), Old Turkic 𐰢𐰍𐰀 ((a)mɣa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈmɑŋ/

Noun

iman

1. goat

   nengoude kuruchin kun ghoni iman fugie zharuzhi aye giene.

   The person who has enough financial resources will slaughter a sheep, a goat and a cow for the festival.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.man/

• Audio (France (Somain)):

  (file)

Noun

iman m (plural imans)

1. alternative spelling of imam

Further reading

• “iman”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Higaonon

Adverb

iman

1. now
2. today

Indonesian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic آمَنَ (ʔāmana)

Arabic إِيمَان (ʔīmān)bor.

Malay iman

Indonesian iman

Inherited from Malay iman, borrowed from Arabic إِيمَان (ʔīmān), from آمَنَ (ʔāmana).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈiman/ [ˈi.man]
• Rhymes: -iman
• Syllabification: i‧man

Noun

iman (plural iman-iman)

1. faith
   1. a trust or confidence in the intentions or abilities of a person, object, or ideal from prior empirical evidence
   2. a conviction about abstractions, ideas, or beliefs, without empirical evidence, experience, or observation

Derived terms

• beriman
• berimankan
• imani
• keimanan

Further reading

• “iman”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Italian

Noun

iman m (invariable)

1. imam

   Synonyms: (standard) imam, (archaic) imano

See also

• Iman

Anagrams

• amni, mani, mina

Malay

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic آمَنَ (ʔāmana)

Arabic إِيمَان (ʔīmān)bor.

Malay iman

Borrowed from Arabic إِيمَان (ʔīmān), from آمَنَ (ʔāmana).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiman/ [ˈʔi.man]

Noun

iman (plural iman-iman)

1. faith

Descendants

• Indonesian: iman

Quechua

Noun

iman

1. third-person singular possessive form of nominative of ima

Romanian

Noun

iman m (plural imani)

1. alternative form of imam

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	iman	imanul	imani	imanii
genitive-dative	iman	imanului	imani	imanilor
vocative	imanule		imanilor

Somali

Alternative forms

• imaan (Southern Somali)

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic *ʔim(t)- (“to come”). Compare Egyptian mj (imperative of jj (“come”)).

Cognate with Baiso emetano, Afar emeete, Gedeo amo, Kambaata ami, Sidamo amo, Blin ént, Beja m'a.

For the initial vowel, compare hindhis, maalin, nin, qalin.

Verb

iman (imperative imow)

1. (infinitive) to come

Inflection

Conjugation of iman

		simple
		present	past
singular	1st	imaaddaa	imi, imid
	2nd	timaaddaa	timi, timid
	3rd	yimaaddaa	yimi, yimid
		timaaddaa	timi, timid
plural	1st	nimaadnaa	nimi, nimid
	2nd	timaaddaan	timaadeen
	3rd	yimaaddaan	yimaadeen

Tashelhit

Alternative forms

• iyman

Etymology

Inherited from Medieval Tashelhit اِيمَنْ (iman, “self”), from Proto-Berber. Unrelated to Arabic إِيمَان (ʔīmān).

Cognates

Cognate with Kabyle and Ghadames iman (“oneself”), Awjila imàn (“self, by oneself”), Tamahaq and Nefusa imân (“self”), Tayert and Tawellemmet iṃan (“soul(s), life principle, oneself”), Tamasheq iman (“soul, spirit, life, self”), and Zenaga īmän (“soul, self”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iman/

Noun

iman m (uncountable, Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵎⴰⵏ, Arabic spelling ايمان)

1. soul, spirit, mind

   راد تمضي كرايڭات يمان تامتّانت.

   Ra tmḍi kra igat iman tamttant.

   Every soul will taste death.

Inflection

Inflection of iman

	singular	plural
free state	iman	—
annexed state	iman	—

See also

• afgan (“human”)
• tamttant (“death”)
• tudrt (“life”)

References

• Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 2 F–L (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/2) (in French), Leiden, Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 1098a

Turkish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic آمَنَ (ʔāmana)

Arabic إِيمَان (ʔīmān)bor.

Ottoman Turkish ایمان

Turkish iman

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ایمان, borrowed from Arabic إِيمَان (ʔīmān), from آمَنَ (ʔāmana).

Noun

iman (definite accusative imanı, plural imanlar)

1. faith

Derived terms

• iman tahtası
• imanca
• imanken
• imanla
• imanlı
• imansa
• imansız

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “iman”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “ایمان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 307
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN