аман
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See also: яман and Appendix:Variations of "aman"
Bulgarian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Arabic اَمَان (amān, “tranquillity, peacefulness”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Interjection[edit]
ама́н • (amán)
- phooey, fie on, I am fed up with something (usually followed by от which precedes the source of annoyance)
Even[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Tungusic *amin, compare Evenki амин (amin), Manchu ᠠᠮᠠ (ama).
Noun[edit]
аман (aman)
Macedonian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آمان (aman), from Arabic اَمَان (amān, “tranquillity, peacefulness”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
аман • (aman) m
Interjection[edit]
аман • (aman)
- by God, for goodness' sake (in amazement, frustration, or asking for mercy)
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آمان (aman), from Arabic اَمَان (amān, “tranquillity, peacefulness”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
а̀ма̄н m (Latin spelling àmān)
Declension[edit]
Declension of аман
Interjection[edit]
а̀ма̄н (Latin spelling àmān)
- 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[edit]
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:aman.
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- Bulgarian terms borrowed from Arabic
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- Rhymes:Bulgarian/an
- Rhymes:Bulgarian/an/2 syllables
- Bulgarian lemmas
- Bulgarian interjections
- Even terms inherited from Proto-Tungusic
- Even terms derived from Proto-Tungusic
- Even lemmas
- Even nouns
- Macedonian terms borrowed from Ottoman Turkish
- Macedonian terms derived from Ottoman Turkish
- Macedonian terms derived from Arabic
- Macedonian 2-syllable words
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- Macedonian paroxytone terms
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- Macedonian lemmas
- Macedonian nouns
- Macedonian masculine nouns
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- Serbo-Croatian terms borrowed from Ottoman Turkish
- Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Ottoman Turkish
- Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Arabic
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- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian nouns
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