Borrowed fromOttoman Turkishامان(emân,amân), fromArabicاَمَان(amān,“tranquillity, peacefulness”)
ама́н• (amán)
- phooey,fie on, I amfed up with something (usually followed byот(ot) which precedes the source of annoyance)
- “аман”, inРечник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences,2014
- “аман”, inРечник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian),Chitanka,2010
FromProto-Turkic*emge-(“to suffer”). Related toамак(amak,“illness”).
аман• (aman)
- to bemaimed, to bewounded
- “аман”, inЭлектронлă сăмахсар[1] (overall work in Russian and Chuvash),1996.
- Jegorov, V. G. (1964), “аман”, inEtimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), Cheboksary: Čuvašskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, page26
FromProto-Tungusic*amin, compareEvenkiамин(amin),Manchuᠠᠮᠠ(ama).
аман (aman)
- father
Borrowed fromArabicاَمَان(amān,“tranquillity, peacefulness”).
аман• (aman)
- unscathed,unharmed,unhurt,safe,intact
аман• (aman)
- safely,soundly
Borrowed fromOttoman Turkishآمان(aman), fromArabicاَمَان(amān,“tranquillity, peacefulness”).
аман• (aman) m
- pity,mercy,compassion,forgiveness
аман• (aman)
- by God,for goodness' sake (in amazement, frustration, or asking for mercy)
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аман (aman)(Sosva, Upper Lozva, Sygva, Ob)
- questioning particula,maybe…ormaybe;either…or
1982,Je. I. Rombandejeva, Je. A. Kuzakova,Slovarʹ mansijsko-russkij i russko-mansijskij [Dictionary Mansi-Russian and Russian-Mansi], Leningrad: Prosveščenije:Наӈаман ат ва̄глын, хоты ма̄ӈ хум?- Naňaman at vāglyn, hoty māň hum?
- Don't you know, who this man is?
1982,Je. I. Rombandejeva, Je. A. Kuzakova,Slovarʹ mansijsko-russkij i russko-mansijskij [Dictionary Mansi-Russian and Russian-Mansi], Leningrad: Prosveščenije:Холытаман турап хо̄тал ва̄ри.- Holytaman turap hōtal vāri.
- There willmaybe be bad weather tomorrow.
Borrowed fromOttoman Turkishآمان(aman), fromArabicاَمَان(amān,“tranquillity, peacefulness”).
- IPA(key): /ǎmaːn/
- Hyphenation:а‧ман
а̀ма̄н m inan (Latin spellingàmān)
- pity
- mercy
- compassion
- forgiveness
а̀ма̄н (Latin spellingàmān)
- for goodness' sake! (in amazement)
- (when asking for mercy, help or forgiveness):
- Be merciful!
- Help me!
- I'm sorry!
- by God, I swear to god! (used to add emphasis, as if swearing an oath)
