ਈਮਾਨੁ

Old Punjabi

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Arabic آمَنَ (ʔāmana)
    Arabic إِيمَان (ʔīmān)bor.
    Classical Persian اِیمَان (īmān)bor.
    Old Punjabi ਈਮਾਨੁ (īmānu)

    Borrowed from Classical Persian اِیمَان (īmān), borrowed from Arabic إِيمَان (ʔīmān), from آمَنَ (ʔāmana). Compare Old Hindi इमांन (imā̃n).

    Noun

    ਈਮਾਨੁ (īmānu) m (Shahmukhi اِیمانُ)

    1. faith

    Descendants

    • Punjabi: (īmān)
      Gurmukhi script: ਈਮਾਨ
      Shahmukhi script: اِیمان

    Further reading

    • Christopher Shackle (2011) “ਈਮਾਨੁ”, in A Gurū Nānak Glossary, 2nd edition, New Delhi: Heritage Publishers, →ISBN, page 29
    • “ਈਮਾਨੁ”, in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Dictionary, SriGranth.org, 2025
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