aman

See also: Appendix:Variations of "aman"

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Albanian

Etymology

Usually vocative, poetic. Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish امان (amân), from Arabic أَمَان (ʔamān, “tranquillity, peacefulness”).^[1]

Interjection

aman

pity
have mercy!
oh!

References

^ Bufli, G.; Rocchi, L. (2021), “aman”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 40

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

Declension

Declension of *aman*
	singular	plural
nominative	aman	amanlar
definite accusative	amanı	amanları
dative	amana	amanlara
locative	amanda	amanlarda
ablative	amandan	amanlardan
definite genitive	amanın	amanların

Possessive forms of *aman*
	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	amanım	amanlarım
sənin (“your”)	amanın	amanların
onun (“his/her/its”)	amanı	amanları
bizim (“our”)	amanımız	amanlarımız
sizin (“your”)	amanınız	amanlarınız
onların (“their”)	amanı or amanları	amanları

	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	amanımı	amanlarımı
sənin (“your”)	amanını	amanlarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	amanını	amanlarını
bizim (“our”)	amanımızı	amanlarımızı
sizin (“your”)	amanınızı	amanlarınızı
onların (“their”)	amanını or amanlarını	amanlarını

	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	amanıma	amanlarıma
sənin (“your”)	amanına	amanlarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	amanına	amanlarına
bizim (“our”)	amanımıza	amanlarımıza
sizin (“your”)	amanınıza	amanlarınıza
onların (“their”)	amanına or amanlarına	amanlarına

	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	amanımda	amanlarımda
sənin (“your”)	amanında	amanlarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	amanında	amanlarında
bizim (“our”)	amanımızda	amanlarımızda
sizin (“your”)	amanınızda	amanlarınızda
onların (“their”)	amanında or amanlarında	amanlarında

	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	amanımdan	amanlarımdan
sənin (“your”)	amanından	amanlarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	amanından	amanlarından
bizim (“our”)	amanımızdan	amanlarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	amanınızdan	amanlarınızdan
onların (“their”)	amanından or amanlarından	amanlarından

	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	amanımın	amanlarımın
sənin (“your”)	amanının	amanlarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	amanının	amanlarının
bizim (“our”)	amanımızın	amanlarımızın
sizin (“your”)	amanınızın	amanlarınızın
onların (“their”)	amanının or amanlarının	amanlarının

Derived terms

Interjection

aman

have mercy!
oh!

Cebuano

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: a‧man

Verb

aman

to anticipate

Dongxiang

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɑˈmɑŋ/

Noun

aman

mouth
brim, edge

East Yugur

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Mongolic *aman.

Noun

aman

mouth

References

照那斯图 (1981), “aman”, in 東部裕固语简志 [A Brief Description of East Yugur]‎^[2], Beijing: 民族出版社, →OCLC, page 93

Esperanto

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈaman/
Rhymes: -aman
Syllabification: a‧man

Adjective

aman

accusative singular of ama

Fogaha

Etymology

From Proto-Berber *am-an.

Noun

aman m pl

water

References

Václav Blažek (2000), “Toward the discussion of the Berber-Nubian lexical parallels”, in Salem Chaker, editor, compiled by Salem Chaker and Andrej Zaborski, Etudes berbères et chamito-sémitiques. Mélanges offert à Karl-G. Prasse (in French and English), Peeters, →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

Václav Blažek (2000), “Toward the discussion of the Berber-Nubian lexical parallels”, in Salem Chaker, editor, compiled by Salem Chaker and Andrej Zaborski, Etudes berbères et chamito-sémitiques. Mélanges offert à Karl-G. Prasse (in French and English), Peeters, →ISBN, page 38

Hanunoo

Etymology

Compare Malay aman.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʔaman/ [ˈʔɐ.mɐn]
Rhymes: -aman
Syllabification: a‧man

Noun

aman (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜫᜨ᜴)

care; carefulness
Synonym: andam

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay aman, from Classical Malay امان (aman), from Arabic أَمَان (ʔamān, “tranquillity, peacefulness”).^[1] Compare with Proto-Philippine *áman (“careful, cautious”).^[2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a.man/
Rhymes: -man
Hyphenation: a‧man

Adjective

aman (comparative lebih aman, superlative paling aman or teraman, equative seaman)

safe; secure

Derived terms

amankan (“to secure”)
keamanan (“secureness, security”)
pengaman
pengamanan
peraman
teramankan

Interjection

aman

(colloquial) all good; no worries
- Aman tidak?
- Aman, semuanya sudah terkendali!
- Is everything alright?
- It's all good, everything's under control!

References

^ Erwina Burhanuddin; Abdul Gaffar Ruskhan; R.B. Chrismanto (1993), Penelitian kosakata bahasa Arab dalam bahasa Indonesia [Research on Arabic vocabulary in Indonesian]‎^[1], Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, →OCLC
^ Look: https://www.trussel2.com/ACD/acd-s_a1.htm?zoom_highlight=áman

Kabyle

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber *am-an.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aman/

Noun

aman m pl

water
Mi akken ay d-yenna aman, nettat tefka-as aman.
When he said water, she gave him water.

Inflection

Inflection of **aman**
	singular	plural
free state	aman	—
annexed state	waman	—

References

Association Culturelle Numidya (2025), “Amawal, dictionnaire kabyle-français en ligne”, in Amawal‎^[3], retrieved 2025
Dallet, Jean-Marie (1982), Dictionnaire kabyle-français: parler des At Mangellat, Algérie (in French), Paris, France

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic	[Term?]
Cyrillic	aman
Latin	[Term?]

Proper noun

aman

Latin spelling of аман (aman, “safe”)

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈa.maːn]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈaː.man]

Noun

amān

accusative singular of amās

Malay

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aman/
Rhymes: -aman, -man, -an

Adjective

aman (Jawi spelling امان, comparative lebih aman, superlative paling aman)

peaceful

Nefusa

Etymology

From Proto-Berber *am-an.

Noun

aman pl

water

References

Václav Blažek (2000), “Toward the discussion of the Berber-Nubian lexical parallels”, in Salem Chaker, editor, compiled by Salem Chaker and Andrej Zaborski, Etudes berbères et chamito-sémitiques. Mélanges offert à Karl-G. Prasse (in French and English), Peeters, →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

Václav Blažek (2000), “Toward the discussion of the Berber-Nubian lexical parallels”, in Salem Chaker, editor, compiled by Salem Chaker and Andrej Zaborski, Etudes berbères et chamito-sémitiques. Mélanges offert à Karl-G. Prasse (in French and English), Peeters, →ISBN, page 38

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Armenian աման (aman).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɑːˈmɑːn/

Noun

aman m (Arabic spelling ئامان)

vessel, container, pot
Synonyms: derdank, devank
(in the plural) dishes, plates
Synonym: firax

Declension

Declension of *aman*
definite masculine gender
case	singular	plural
nominative	aman	aman
construct	amanê	amanên
oblique	amanî	amanan
demonstrative oblique	wî amanî	wan amanan
vocative	amano	amanino

indefinite masculine gender
case	singular	plural
nominative	amanek	amanin
construct	amanekî	amanine
oblique	amanekî	amaninan

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!

Senhaja de Srair

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber *am-an, from Proto-Afroasiatic *maʔ-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aman/

Noun

aman m (usually uncountable, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⴰⵏ)

water
Ɣur-i iger ibejbej s waman. ― I have a field filled with water.

Declension

Inflection of **aman**
	singular	plural
free state	aman	—
annexed state	waman	—

Related terms

aherdan n waman (“seal, giant water bug”, literally “dog of the water”)
rrbiɛ n waman (“green algae”, literally “grass of the water”)
taḥeffirt n waman (“puddle”, literally “hole of the water”)

References

Gutova, Evgeniya; Byler, Jonathan (2025), “Senhaja de Srair - English Dictionary”, in Webonary‎^[4], retrieved 2025
Gutova, Evgeniya (2021) Senhaja Berber Varieties: Phonology, Morphology, and Morphosyntax (Thesis)‎^[5], Paris, France: HAL

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ǎmaːn/
Hyphenation: a‧man

Noun

àmān m inan (Cyrillic spelling а̀ма̄н)

Declension

Declension of *aman*
	singular	plural
nominative	àmān	amani
genitive	amána	amana
dative	amanu	amanima
accusative	aman	amane
vocative	amane	amani
locative	amanu	amanima
instrumental	amanom	amanima

Interjection

àmān (Cyrillic spelling а̀ма̄н)

for goodness' sake! (in amazement)
(when asking for mercy, help or forgiveness):
1. Be merciful!
2. Help me!
3. 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

Václav Blažek (2000), “Toward the discussion of the Berber-Nubian lexical parallels”, in Salem Chaker, editor, compiled by Salem Chaker and Andrej Zaborski, Etudes berbères et chamito-sémitiques. Mélanges offert à Karl-G. Prasse (in French and English), Peeters, →ISBN, page 38

Sokna

Etymology

From Proto-Berber *am-an.

Noun

aman m pl

water

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈaman/ [ˈa.mãn]
Rhymes: -aman
Syllabification: a‧man

Verb

aman

third-person plural present indicative of amar

Tarifit

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber *am-an.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [æmæn]

Noun

aman m pl (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⴰⵏ)

water

Inflection

Inflection of **aman**
	singular	plural
free state	aman	—
annexed state	waman	—

References

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

Tashelhit

aman on Tashelhit Wikipedia

Etymology

Inherited from Medieval Tashelhit امان (aman, “water”), from Proto-Berber *am-an (“water”), from *amay-ăn ← *i-Hamay-ăn, possibly from Proto-Afroasiatic *maʔ- (Proto-Semitic *māy- & Egyptian mw (“water”)) or Proto-Afroasiatic *xam- (Bole amma, Gerka ɣam, Lele (Chad) kama).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aman/

Noun

aman m pl (construct state waman, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⴰⵏ, Arabic spelling آمان)

water
تڭيت ام وامان، تحليت يڭ تزدّيڭت، تشقّيت يڭ تنڭيت.
tgit am waman, tḥlit ig tzddigt, tcqit ig tngit.
you are just like water, pretty if you are pure, difficult if you are overflowed.

Derived terms

aman n marur (“mirage”)
aman n tarwa (“sperm”)
aman n tfiyyi (“bouillon”)
skr aman (“to urinate”)
tislit n waman (“rainbow”)

References

Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 1 a—e (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/1) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 252b

Tausug

Pronunciation

(Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /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

Václav Blažek (2000), “Toward the discussion of the Berber-Nubian lexical parallels”, in Salem Chaker, editor, compiled by Salem Chaker and Andrej Zaborski, Etudes berbères et chamito-sémitiques. Mélanges offert à Karl-G. Prasse (in French and English), Peeters, →ISBN, page 38

Turkish

Etymology

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

Noun

aman (definite accusative amanı, uncountable)

Interjection

aman!

oh!
please!

[1] Bufli, G.; Rocchi, L. (2021), “aman”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 40

[2] Erwina Burhanuddin; Abdul Gaffar Ruskhan; R.B. Chrismanto (1993), Penelitian kosakata bahasa Arab dalam bahasa Indonesia [Research on Arabic vocabulary in Indonesian]‎^[1], Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, →OCLC

[3] Look: https://www.trussel2.com/ACD/acd-s_a1.htm?zoom_highlight=áman

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Albanian

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Azerbaijani

Etymology

Noun

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Interjection

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Cebuano

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Verb

Dongxiang

Etymology

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Noun

East Yugur

Etymology

Noun

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

Adjective

Fogaha

Etymology

Noun

References

Galician

Verb

Ghadames

Etymology

Noun

References

Hanunoo

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Further reading

Indonesian

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Adjective

Derived terms

Interjection

References

Further reading

Kabyle

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Inflection

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Kazakh

Proper noun

Latin

Pronunciation

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Malay

Etymology

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Adjective

Further reading

Nefusa

Etymology

Noun

References

Nobiin

Etymology

Noun

Derived terms

References

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

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Noun

Declension

References

Northern Saharan Berber