imani

See also: Imani

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِيمَان (ʔīmān).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔíː.máː.nìː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [ʔíː.máː.nìː]

Noun

īmānī̀ m (possessed form īmānìn)

  1. faith, belief (especially in Islam)

Italian

Noun

imani m

  1. plural of imano

Anagrams

Nupe

Etymology

From Hausa īmānī̀, from Arabic إِيمَان (ʔīmān).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ī.mã̄.nĩ̀/

Noun

imanì

  1. (Islam) faith; submission

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِيمَان (ʔīmān).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iˈmɑni/
  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

imani class IX (no plural)

  1. faith, belief
  2. conviction (belief)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (30 November 2020) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 18 Nr. 116