amanat

Borrowed from Russian амана́т (amanát, “hostage”), via a Turkic language from Arabic أَمَانَة (ʔamāna, “surety”).

• IPA^(key): /æməˈnɑːt/
• Hyphenation: a‧ma‧nat

amanat (plural amanats or amanaty)

1. (historical) A Native American hostage taken by Russian colonists.
   • 1990, Richard A. Pierce, Russian America: A Biographical Dictionary, page xvii:

     Kuznetsov — his Aleut name is unknown — had been given to Russian fur traders as an amanat (hostage).

   • 2002, European Review of Native American Studies:

     According to Davydov (1812, 2:54, 132), the chief of the Ugalakhmiut Eyak specially came to Kodiak for a meeting with his son, who was an amanat among the Russians.

   • 2005, Grinev, The Tlingit Indians in Russian America, 1741-1867, page 260:

     Toion Fedor accepted Orthodoxy in the winter of 1795–96 when he lived at Kodiak as an amanat.

From Malay amanat, from Classical Malay امانت (amanat), from Classical Persian امانت (amānat), from Arabic أَمَانَة (ʔamāna).^[1] Doublet of amanah.

• IPA^(key): /ˈamanat̚/
• Rhymes: -nat, -at, -t
• Hyphenation: ama‧nat

amanat (plural amanat-amanat)

1. message:
   1. (communication, linguistics) a communication, or what is communicated; any concept or information conveyed

      amanat anggaran ― budget message

      Synonym: pesan

   2. (literature) an underlying theme or conclusion to be drawn from something

      Synonym: pesan

2. statement

   Synonym: keterangan

3. instruction; advice; guidance

   Synonym: wejangan

• “amanat” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Arabic أَمَانَة (ʔamāna).

amanat (definite accusative amanaty, plural amanatlar)

1. savings
2. safe-keeping