# aman
## Albanian
### Etymology

Usually vocative, poetic. Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish امان (amân), from Arabic أَمَان (ʔamān, “tranquillity, peacefulness”).

### Interjection

aman
* pity
* have mercy!
* oh!

## Azerbaijani
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَمَان (ʔamān).

### Noun

aman (definite accusative amanı, plural amanlar)
* mercy
    Synonyms: rəhm, mərhəmət
* (archaic) peace, safety (absence of danger or violence), security
    Synonyms: əmin-amanlıq, əmniyyət, təhlükəsizlik, dinclik
* (archaic) permissible delay, postponement, (granted) possibility to do something
    Synonyms: möhlət, macal, imkan
* (archaic) strength, energy
    Synonyms: taqət, qüvvət, güc

#### Derived terms

* amansız
* amansızca
* amansızcasına
* amansızlıq

### Interjection

aman
* have mercy!
* oh!

### Further reading

* “aman” in Obastan.com.

## Cebuano
### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: a‧man

### Verb

aman
* to anticipate

## Dongxiang
### Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *aman, see Mongolian ам (am).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɑˈmɑŋ/

### Noun

aman
* mouth
* brim, edge

## Esperanto
### Adjective

aman
* accusative singular of ama

## Fogaha
### Etymology

From Proto-Berber *am-an.

### Noun

aman m pl
* water

### References

* Etudes berbères et chamito-sémitiques: mélanges offerts à Karl-G. Prasse (2000, →ISBN, page 38

## Galician
### Verb

aman
* third-person plural present indicative of amar

## Ghadames
### Etymology

From Proto-Berber *am-an.

### Noun

aman pl
* water

### References

* Etudes berbères et chamito-sémitiques: mélanges offerts à Karl-G. Prasse (2000, →ISBN, page 38

## Hanunoo
### Etymology

Compare Malay aman.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʔaman/ [ˈʔɐ.mɐn]
* Rhymes: -aman
* Syllabification: a‧man

### Noun

aman (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜫᜨ᜴)
* care; carefulness
    Synonym: andam

### Further reading

* Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 27

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Malay aman, from Classical Malay امان (aman), from Arabic أَمَان (ʔamān, “tranquillity, peacefulness”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.man/
* Rhymes: -man
* Hyphenation: a‧man

### Adjective

aman (comparative lebih aman, superlative paling aman or teraman, equative seaman)
* safe; secure
** not in danger; out of harm's reach
** free from risk
** providing protection from danger
** properly secured
** reliable; trusty

#### Derived terms

* amankan
* keamanan
* pengaman
* pengamanan
* peraman
* teramankan

### References

* ↑ Erwina Burhanuddin, Abdul Gaffar Ruskhan, R.B. Chrismanto (1993) Penelitian kosakata bahasa Arab dalam bahasa Indonesia [Research on Arabic vocabulary in Indonesian]‎, Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, →OCLC

### Further reading

* “aman” 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.

## Kabyle
### Etymology

From Proto-Berber *am-an.

### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

### Noun

aman m pl (construct plural waman)
* water
    Mi akken ay d-yenna aman, nettat tefka-as aman.When he said water, she gave him water.

### References

* Etudes berbères et chamito-sémitiques: mélanges offerts à Karl-G. Prasse (2000, →ISBN, page 38

## Kazakh
### Proper noun

aman
* Latin spelling of аман (aman, “safe”)

## Malay
### Etymology

From Classical Malay امان (aman), from Arabic أَمَان (ʔamān, “tranquillity, peacefulness”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aman/
* Rhymes: -aman, -man, -an

### Adjective

aman (Jawi spelling امان)
* peaceful

### Further reading

* “aman” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Nefusa
### Etymology

From Proto-Berber *am-an.

### Noun

aman pl
* water

### References

* Etudes berbères et chamito-sémitiques: mélanges offerts à Karl-G. Prasse (2000, →ISBN, page 38

## Nobiin
### Etymology

From Old Nubian ⲁⲙⲁⲛ- (aman-).

### Noun

ámán (Coptic script ⲁⲙⲁⲛ, Arabic script امان)
* water

#### Derived terms

* Aman dawū (“Nile”, literally “great water”)

### References

* Etudes berbères et chamito-sémitiques: mélanges offerts à Karl-G. Prasse (2000, →ISBN, page 38

## Northern Kurdish
### Etymology

From Armenian աման (aman).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɑːˈmɑːn/

### Noun

aman m (Arabic spelling ئامان)
* vessel, container, pot
    Synonyms: derdank, devank
* (in the plural) dishes, plates
    Synonym: firax

#### Declension
### References

* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “ամալ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 144a
* Jaba, Auguste, Justi, Ferdinand (1879) “امان”, in Dictionnaire Kurde-Français [Kurdish–French Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 20a
* Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “aman”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 8
* Rizgar, Baran (1993) “aman”, in Kurdish–English, English–Kurdish Dictionary, London: M. F. Onen, page 22b

## Northern Saharan Berber
### Etymology

From Proto-Berber *am-an.

### Noun

aman m pl (Mzab, Wargla, Figuig, Gourara)
* water

### References

* S. Biarnay, Etude sur le dialecte berbère de Ouargla, Ernest Leroux, Paris, 1908, page 170
* Maarten Kossmann, Grammaire du parler berbère de Figuig (Maroc oriental) (1997), page 265

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish امان (amân), from Arabic أَمَان (ʔamān, “tranquillity, peacefulness”).

### Interjection

aman
* have mercy!

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish امان (amân), from Arabic أَمَان (ʔamān, “tranquillity, peacefulness”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ǎmaːn/
* Hyphenation: a‧man

### Noun

àmān m (Cyrillic spelling а̀ма̄н)
* pity
* mercy
* compassion
* forgiveness

#### Declension
### Interjection

àmān (Cyrillic spelling а̀ма̄н)
* for goodness' sake! (in amazement)
* (when asking for mercy, help or forgiveness):
** Be merciful!
** Help me!
** I'm sorry!
* by God, I swear to god! (used to add emphasis, as if swearing an oath)

### Quotations

* For quotations using this term, see Citations:aman.

## Siwi
### Etymology

From Proto-Berber *am-an.

### Noun

amán pl
* water

### References

* Etudes berbères et chamito-sémitiques: mélanges offerts à Karl-G. Prasse (2000, →ISBN, page 38

## Sokna
### Etymology

From Proto-Berber *am-an.

### Noun

aman m pl
* water

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈaman/ [ˈa.mãn]
* Rhymes: -aman
* Syllabification: a‧man

### Verb

aman
* third-person plural present indicative of amar

## Tarifit
### Etymology

From Proto-Berber *am-an.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /æmæn/

### Noun

aman pl (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⴰⵏ)
* water

#### Declension
### References

* Jordi Aguadé, Patrice Cressier, Ángeles Vicente, Peuplement et arabisation au Maghreb occidenta (1998)
* Paul Geuthner, Manuel de berbère marocain: (dialecte rifain) (1926)

## Tashelhit
### Etymology

From Proto-Berber *am-an.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aman/

### Noun

aman m pl (construct state waman)
* (uncountable) water
    is trit aman ?Do you want water?
    ur illi waman.There is no water.

### References

* Abdellah Kassi, Ahmed Aït Ider, Abdellah Azentou, Lahcen Tazi, Mohamed Ouadich; Mon premier diccionnaire français-amazighe-arabe, Librairie Al Maarif, Cazablanca, Marok, 2010, →ISBN Invalid ISBN, →OCLC.

## Tausug
### Pronunciation

* (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA: /ʔaman/ [ʔɑˈmãn̪]
* Rhymes: -an
* Syllabification: a‧man

### Verb

aman
* to boil

## Tetum
### Etymology

From *ama, akin to Nias ama and Tagalog ama.

### Noun

aman
* father

## Tuareg
### Alternative forms

* Niger: âman
* Tifinagh: ⵎⵏ
* Arabic: امن

### Etymology

From Proto-Berber *am-an.

### Noun

aman m pl
* water

### References

* Etudes berbères et chamito-sémitiques: mélanges offerts à Karl-G. Prasse (2000, →ISBN, page 38

## Turkish
### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish امان (amân), from Arabic أَمَان (ʔamān, “tranquillity, peacefulness”).

### Noun

aman (definite accusative amanı, uncountable)
* mercy
* quarter

### Interjection

aman!
* oh!
* please!

## Zenaga
### Etymology

From Proto-Berber *am-an.

### Noun

aman pl
* water

### References

* Etudes berbères et chamito-sémitiques: mélanges offerts à Karl-G. Prasse (2000, →ISBN, page 38
* Général Léon Faidherbe, Le Zénaga des tribus sénégalaises (1877), page 43