Imam in Scrabble and Meaning

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Definitions and meaning of imam

imam

English

Alternative forms

• imaum, iman (both archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِمَام (ʔimām, “leader”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiːmɑːm/, /ɪˈmɑːm/
• Rhymes: -ɑːm

Noun

imam (plural imams)

2. (Islam) One who leads the salat prayers in a mosque.
3. (usually capitalized) A Shi'ite Muslim leader descended from the prophet Muhammad and functioning as his spiritual successor.

   Hypernym: cleric

   1. (Twelver Shi'ism) One of the Twelve imams, descendants of Muhammad from the seventh to ninth centuries CE who lived exemplary lives.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• I'mma, Imma, Mami, imma, maim, mami

Albanian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish امام (imam), from Arabic إِمَام (ʔimām).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈmam/

Noun

imam m (plural imamë, definite imami, definite plural imamët)

1. (Islam) imam

Declension

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِمَام (ʔimām).

Pronunciation

Noun

imam (definite accusative imamı, plural imamlar)

1. (Islam) imam

Declension

Catalan

Etymology

From Arabic إِمَام (ʔimām).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [iˈmam]

Noun

imam m (plural imams)

1. (Islam) imam

Further reading

• “imam”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April

Danish

Etymology

From Arabic إِمَام (ʔimām, “leader”).

Noun

imam c (singular definite imamen, plural indefinite imamer)

1. (Islam) imam

Declension

References

• “imam” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

From Arabic إِمَام (ʔimām, “leader”).

Pronunciation

Noun

imam m (plural imams, diminutive imampje n)

1. (Islam) imam

French

Alternative forms

• imâm

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِمَام (ʔimām).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.mam/

Noun

imam m or f by sense (plural imams)

1. imam

Further reading

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

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay امام (imam), from Arabic إمام (ʔimām, “leader, imam”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.mam/
• Hyphenation: i‧mam

Noun

imam (plural imam-imam)

1. (Islam) imam
2. (Catholicism) priest

   Synonyms: padri, pastor, rama

3. (rare) leader

   Synonyms: kepala, pemimpin, penghulu

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

• “imam” 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.

Italian

Etymology

From Arabic إِمَام (ʔimām, “leader”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈmam/
• Rhymes: -am
• Hyphenation: i‧màm

Noun

imam m (invariable)

1. (Islam) imam

   Synonyms: iman, imano

Anagrams

• Imma, mima

Latin

Adjective

īmam

1. accusative feminine singular of īmus

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.mam/
• Rhymes: -imam
• Syllabification: i‧mam

Etymology 1

From Arabic إِمَام (ʔimām, “leader”).

Noun

imam m pers

1. (Islam) imam (“a Shi'ite Muslim leader”)

Declension

Related terms

See also

• mufti

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

imam

1. first-person singular present of imać

Further reading

• imam in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• imam in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish امام (“imam”), from Arabic إِمَام (ʔimām, “leader”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.ˈmam/
• Rhymes: -am
• Hyphenation: i‧mam

Noun

imam m (plural imami)

1. (Islam) imam

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish امام (imam), from Arabic إِمَام (ʔimām).

Noun

ìmām m (Cyrillic spelling ѝма̄м)

1. (Islam) imam

Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

imam (Cyrillic spelling имам)

1. first-person singular present of imati (I have)

Slovene

Verb

imam

1. first-person singular present of imeti

Spanish

Etymology

From Arabic إِمَام (ʔimām, “leader”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈmam/ [iˈmãm]
  • Rhymes: -am
  • Syllabification: i‧mam
• IPA^(key): /iˈman/ [iˈmãn]
  • Rhymes: -an

Noun

imam m (plural imames)

1. (Islam) imam

Further reading

• “imam”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swahili

Pronunciation

Noun

imam class IX (plural imam class X)

1. alternative form of imamu

Swedish

Etymology

From Arabic إِمَام (ʔimām, “leader”).

Noun

imam c

1. (Islam) imam

Declension

References

• imam in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• imam in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• imam in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• imma, mima

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• iman

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِمَام (ʔimām, “leader”), possibly through English or Philippine languages spoken mostly by Muslims.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ʔiˈmam/ [ʔɪˈmam] (prescriptive from Arabic)
    • Rhymes: -am
  • IPA^(key): /ˈʔimam/ [ˈʔiː.mɐm]
    • Rhymes: -imam
• Syllabification: i‧mam

Noun

imám or imam (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜋᜋ᜔) (Islam, theology)

1. imam

See also

References

• “imam”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

• mami

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish امام (imam), from Arabic إِمَام (ʔimām).

Noun

imam (definite accusative imamı, plural imamlar)

1. (Islam) imam

Declension

Zazaki

Etymology

From Arabic إِمَام (ʔimām).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [iˈmɑm]
• Hyphenation: i‧mam

Noun

imam

1. (Islam) imam
2. (literary) leader

Source: wiktionary.org