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imani

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See also:Imani

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromSwahiliimani(“faith”).

Noun

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imani (uncountable)

  1. faith(in the context of African-American culture)
    • 1983 December 30, Ron Alexander, “The Evening Hours”, inThe New York Times‎[1],→ISSN, archived fromthe original on3 January 2022, page B7:
      On Tuesday night at the Club Serene in Brooklyn, Mayor Koch proclaimed Kwanzaa Week in New York. Then he told the crowd of about 400 that he had practiced his Swahili in order to pronounce correctly such exotic-sounding words as kujichagulia (self-determination), ujamaa (cooperative economics) andimani (faith), the theme of Kwanzaa '83.

Hausa

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Arabicآمَنَ(ʔāmana)
Arabicإِيمَان(ʔīmān)bor.
Hausaimani

    Borrowed fromArabicإِيمَان(ʔīmān), fromآمَنَ(ʔāmana).

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ʔíː.máː.nìː/
      • (Standard Kano Hausa)IPA(key): [ʔíː.máː.nìː]

    Noun

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    īmānī̀ m (possessed formīmānìn)

    1. faith,belief(especially in Islam)

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    Italian

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    Noun

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    imani m

    1. plural ofimano

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    Arabicآمَنَ(ʔāmana)
    Arabicإِيمَان(ʔīmān)bor.
    Nupeimani

      Borrowed fromHausaīmānī̀, borrowed fromArabicإِيمَان(ʔīmān), fromآمَنَ(ʔāmana).

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      imanì

      1. (Islam)faith;submission

      Swahili

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      SwahiliWikipedia has an article on:
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      Arabicآمَنَ(ʔāmana)
      Arabicإِيمَان(ʔīmān)bor.
      Swahiliimani

        Borrowed fromArabicإِيمَان(ʔīmān), fromآمَنَ(ʔāmana).[1]

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        imani classIX (no plural)

        1. faith,belief
        2. conviction(belief)

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        References

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        1. ^Baldi, Sergio (30 November 2020),Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten;145), Leiden • Boston: Brill,→ISBN,page18 Nr. 116
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