аман

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

• IPA^(key): [ɐˈman]

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• Rhymes: -an

ама́н • (amán)

1. phooey, fie on, I am fed up with something (usually followed by от which precedes the source of annoyance)

From Proto-Turkic *emge- (“to suffer”). Related to амак (amak, “illness”).

аман • (aman)

1. to be maimed, to be wounded

• “аман”, in Электронлă сăмахсар‎^[1] (overall work in Russian and Chuvash), 1996.
• Jegorov, V. G. (1964) “аман”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), Cheboksary: Čuvašskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, page 26

From Proto-Tungusic *amin, compare Evenki амин (amin), Manchu ᠠᠮᠠ (ama).

аман (aman)

1. father

Borrowed from Arabic اَمَان (amān, “tranquillity, peacefulness”).

аман • (aman)

1. unscathed, unharmed, unhurt, safe, intact

аман • (aman)

1. safely, soundly

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آمان (aman), from Arabic اَمَان (amān, “tranquillity, peacefulness”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈaman]
• IPA^(key): [aˈman]

аман • (aman) m

1. pity, mercy, compassion, forgiveness

аман • (aman)

1. by God, for goodness' sake (in amazement, frustration, or asking for mercy)

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• IPA^(key): [ˈaman]
• Hyphenation: а‧ман
• Rhymes: -an

аман (aman) (Sosva, Upper Lozva, Sygva, Ob)

1. questioning particula, maybe…or maybe; either…or
   • 1982, Je. I. Rombandejeva, Je. A. Kuzakova, Slovarʹ mansijsko-russkij i russko-mansijskij [Dictionary Mansi-Russian and Russian-Mansi], Leningrad: Prosveščenije:

     Наӈ аман ат ва̄глын, хоты ма̄ӈ хум?

     Naň aman 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:

     Холыт аман турап хо̄тал ва̄ри.

     Holyt aman turap hōtal vāri.

     There will maybe be bad weather tomorrow.

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آمان (aman), from Arabic اَمَان (amān, “tranquillity, peacefulness”).

• IPA^(key): /ǎmaːn/
• Hyphenation: а‧ман

а̀ма̄н m inan (Latin spelling àmān)

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

а̀ма̄н (Latin spelling àmān)

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.