imani

See also: Imani

English

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Arabic آمَنَ (ʔāmana)

Arabic إِيمَان (ʔīmān)bor.

Swahili imanibor.

English imani

Borrowed from Swahili imani (“faith”), borrowed from Arabic إِيمَان (ʔīmān), from آمَنَ (ʔāmana).

Noun

imani (uncountable)

1. faith (in the context of African-American culture)
   • 1983 December 30, Ron Alexander, “The Evening Hours”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 3 January 2022, page B7:

     On Tuesday night at the Club Serene in Brooklyn, Mayor Koch proclaimed Kwanzaa Week in New York. Then he told the crowd of about 400 that he had practiced his Swahili in order to pronounce correctly such exotic-sounding words as kujichagulia (self-determination), ujamaa (cooperative economics) and imani (faith), the theme of Kwanzaa '83.

Hausa

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Arabic آمَنَ (ʔāmana)

Arabic إِيمَان (ʔīmān)bor.

Hausa imani

Borrowed from Arabic إِيمَان (ʔīmān), from آمَنَ (ʔāmana).

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)

Descendants

• → Nupe: imanì

Italian

Noun

imani m

1. plural of imano

Anagrams

• Maini, Miani, animi, minai, minia

Nupe

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Arabic آمَنَ (ʔāmana)

Arabic إِيمَان (ʔīmān)bor.

Hausa īmānī̀bor.

Nupe imani

Borrowed from Hausa īmānī̀, borrowed from Arabic إِيمَان (ʔīmān), from آمَنَ (ʔāmana).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ī.mã̄.nĩ̀/

Noun

imanì

1. (Islam) faith; submission

Swahili

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Arabic آمَنَ (ʔāmana)

Arabic إِيمَان (ʔīmān)bor.

Swahili imani

Borrowed from Arabic إِيمَان (ʔīmān), from آمَنَ (ʔāmana).

Pronunciation

• (Unguja standard) IPA^(key): /iˈmɑ.ni/

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

imani class IX (no plural)

1. faith, belief
2. conviction (belief)

Derived terms

• Imani

Related terms

• -amini

Descendants

• → English: imani