imam
English
/ˈiːmɑːm/
noun
Definitions
- (usually capitalized) A Shi'ite Muslim leader.
- One who leads the salat prayers in a mosque.
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic إِمَام (leader, imam).
Origin
Arabic
إِمَام
Gloss
leader, imam
Kanji
長
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- imamate English
- imamic English
- imam Italian
- imam Dutch, Flemish
- imam French
- имам Russian
- imam Spanish, Castilian
- imam Swedish
- イマーム Japanese
- imam Polish
- iomám Irish
- imam Danish
- إِمَام Arabic
- imamo Esperanto
- imam Catalan, Valencian
- imam Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- имом Persian
- امام Persian
- อิหม่าม Thai
- имам Kazakh
- imam Albanian
- imam Azerbaijani
- imaam Estonian
- امام Ottoman Turkish
- იმამი Georgian
- 伊瑪目 Chinese
- imam Swahili
- imamu Swahili
- 이맘 Korean
- امام Urdu
- имам Bashkir
- имом Uzbek
- liman Hausa
- имам Kirghiz, Kyrgyz
- امام Pashto, Pushto
- imam Zazaki
- امام fa-cls
- имам Tatar
- имам Chechen
- имам Ingush