امانت
Azerbaijani
Noun
امانت
- Arabic spelling of əmanət
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic أَمَانَة (ʔamāna, “trust, reliability; deposit”).
Noun
امانت • (emânet) (definite accusative امانتی (emâneti), plural امانتلر (emânetler) or امانات (emanat))
- trustworthiness, dependability, reliability, the quality of being reliable, dependable, or trustworthy
- trust, charge, that which is committed or entrusted, something given or received in confidence
- trusteeship, the office or function of a trustee, to whom property is legally committed in trust
Derived terms
- امانةً (emâneten, “on deposit”)
- امانت ایتمك (emânet etmek, “to trust, rely on”)
- امانت براقمق (emânet bırakmak, “to leave on deposit”)
- امانتجی (emânetci, “depositary, trustee”)
- امانتدار (emânetdar, “depositary, trustee”)
- امانتكار (emânetkar, “trustworthy”)
Descendants
- Turkish: emanet
- → Albanian: amanet
- → Macedonian: аманет (amanet)
- → Romanian: amanet
- → Serbo-Croatian:
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “emanet”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1427
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “emânet”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 258
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “امانت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 142
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Securitas”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum[3], Vienna, column 1530
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “امانت”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[4], Vienna, column 411
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “emanet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “امانت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 194
Pashto
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic أَمَانَة (ʔamāna).
Noun
امانت • (amānát) m
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic أَمَانَة (ʔamāna), from أَمُنَ (ʔamuna).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ʔa.maː.ˈnat/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔä.mɑː.nǽt̪]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔæ.mɒː.nǽt̪]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔä.mɔ.nǽt̪]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | amānat |
| Dari reading? | amānat |
| Iranian reading? | amânat |
| Tajik reading? | amonat |
Noun
| Dari | امانت |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | амонат |
امانت • (amânat)
Descendants
Further reading
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “امانت”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
Sindhi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian امانت (amānat), from Arabic أَمَانَة (ʔamāna).
Noun
اَمانَتَ • (amānata) f (Devanagari अमानत)
Further reading
- Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “اَمانَتَ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society
- “امانت”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, University of Chicago: Center for Language Engineering, Pakistan, 1866–1938
Urdu
Etymology
Etymology tree
Borrowed from Classical Persian اَمَانَت (amānat), borrowed from Arabic أَمَانَة (ʔamāna), from أَمُنَ (ʔamuna).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ə.mɑː.nət̪/
- Rhymes: -ət̪
- Hyphenation: اَ‧ما‧نَت
Noun
اَمانَت • (amānat) f (Hindi spelling अमानत)
- trust; deposit or possession entrusted to someone for safekeeping.
- (by extension) lost and found
- a trust (fund setup for a beneficiary)
- Synonym: اَمانَت خانَہ (amānat xāna)
- (chiefly historical) trusteeship; the office / department of an amin – trustee.
- (religion) divine faith as revealed by God to man with which one can attain His abode
- (literally) honesty; integrity; trustworthiness
- Synonyms: اِیمان (īmān), اِیمان داری (īmān dārī), دِیانَت داری (diyānat dārī)
- safety; security
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | اَمانَت (amānat) | اَمانَتیں (amānatẽ) |
| oblique | اَمانَت (amānat) | اَمانَتوں (amānatõ) |
| vocative | اَمانَت (amānat) | اَمانَتو (amānato) |
Derived terms
- اَمانَت خانَہ (amānat xāna)
- اَمانَت دار (amānat dār)
- اَمانَت رَکھْنا (amānat rakhnā)
- اَمانَتِ جاری (amānat-i jārī)
See also
Urdu terms derived from the Arabic root ء م ن (0 c, 7 e)
Further reading
More information
- “امانت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “امانت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “امانت”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “امانت”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “امانت”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
- John Shakespear (1834) “امانت”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC