imamat

imamat m (plural imamats)

1. imamate

• IPA^(key): /i.ma.ma/

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imamat m (plural imamats)

1. imamate

• “imamat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Inherited from Malay امامة (imamat), from Arabic إِمَامَة (ʔimāma, “leadership”). Doublet of imamah.

• IPA^(key): /ima.mat/
• Hyphenation: ima‧mat
• Rhymes: -at

imamat

1. leadership

   Synonym: kepemimpinan

2. (Christianity, Catholicism) priesthood: authority to act in the name of God or the divine in general

• “imamat” 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.

Borrowed from French imamat. By surface analysis, imam +‎ -at.

imamat n (plural imamate)

1. imamate