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

From Proto-Berber *am-an.

aman m pl

1. water

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aman

1. third-person plural present indicative of amar

From Proto-Berber *am-an.

aman pl

1. water

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From Malay aman, from Classical Malay امان‎ (aman), from Arabic أَمَان‎ (ʾamān, “tranquillity, peacefulness”).[1]

• IPA^(key): /a.man/
• Rhymes: -aman, -man, -an, -n
• Hyphenation: aman

aman

1. safe

• “aman” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

From Proto-Berber *am-an.

aman m pl (construct plural waman)

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

aman (Jawi spelling امان‎)

1. peaceful

• “aman” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

From Proto-Berber *am-an.

aman pl

1. water

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From Old Nubian ⲁⲙⲁⲛ-.

aman (ⲁⲙⲁⲛ, امان)

1. water

• Aman dawū ("great water", Nile)

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From Armenian աման (aman).

• IPA^(key): /ɑːˈmɑːn/

aman m (Arabic spelling ئامان‎)

1. vessel, container, pot

   Synonym: derdan

2. (in the plural) dishes, plates

   Synonym: derdan

• Chyet, Michael L. (2020), “aman”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 8
• 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 [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, a 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

From Proto-Berber *am-an.

aman m pl (Mzab, Wargla, Figuig, Gourara)

1. water

• S. Biarnay, Etude sur le dialecte berbère de Ouargla, Ernest Leroux, Paris, 1908, page 170
• Maarten Kossmann, Grammaire du parler berbère de Figuig (Maroc oriental) (1997), page 265

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

aman

1. have mercy!

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 using this term, see Citations:aman.

From Proto-Berber *am-an.

amán pl

1. water

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From Proto-Berber *am-an.

aman m pl

1. water

• IPA^(key): /ˈaman/ [ˈa.mãn]
• Rhymes: -aman
• Syllabification: a‧man

aman

1. third-person plural present indicative of amar

From Proto-Berber *am-an.

• IPA^(key): /æmæn/

aman pl (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⴰⵏ)

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

1. to boil

From *ama, akin to Nias ama and Tagalog ama.

aman

1. father

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

From Proto-Berber *am-an.

aman m 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!

From Proto-Berber *am-an.

aman pl

1. water

• Etudes berbères et chamito-sémitiques: mélanges offerts à Karl-G. Prasse (2000, →ISBN, page 38
• Général Léon Faidherbe, Le Zénaga des tribus sénégalaises (1877), page 43