aman

• Hyphenation: a‧man

aman

1. to anticipate

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

• IPA^(key): /aˈmaŋ/, [ɑˈmɑ̃(ŋ)]

aman

1. mouth
2. brim, edge

aman

1. accusative singular of ama

aman

1. third-person plural present indicative of amar

aman pl

1. water

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

• IPA^(key): /a.man/

aman

1. safe

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

aman m pl

1. water

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

   When he said water, she gave him water.

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

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

aman

1. peaceful

aman pl

1. water

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From Old Nubian ⲁⲙⲁⲛ-.

aman

1. water

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From Armenian աման (aman).

aman

1. household utensils, pots and pans

• 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, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 144a
• Rizgar, Baran (1993), “aman”, in Kurdish–English, English–Kurdish Dictionary, London: M. F. Onen, page 22b

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

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

àmān m (Cyrillic spelling а̀ма̄н)

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

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)

• For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:aman.

amán pl

1. water

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aman pl

1. (Fezzan / Fogaha) water

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• IPA^(key): /ˈaman/, [ˈamãn]

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.

aman

1. water

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

aman

1. water

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

aman pl

1. water

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aman m pl

1. water

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

aman

1. father

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

aman pl

1. water

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

aman (definite accusative amanı, uncountable)

1. mercy
2. quarter

aman!

1. oh!

• Greek: αμάν (amán, “oh!”)

aman pl

1. water

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• Général Léon Faidherbe, Le Zénaga des tribus sénégalaises (1877), page 43