ईमान

Borrowed from Classical Persian اِیمَان (īmān), borrowed from Arabic إِيمَان (ʔīmān), from آمَنَ (ʔāmana). First attested as Old Hindi इमांन (imā̃n).

Compare Assamese ঈমান (iman), Bengali ঈমান (iman), Gujarati ઈમાન (īmān), Marathi इमान (imān), Odia ଇମାନ (imāna), Punjabi ਇਮਾਨ (imān), Tamil ஈமான் (īmāṉ).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /iː.mɑːn/, [iː.mä̃ːn]

ईमान • (īmān) m (Urdu spelling اِیمَان)

1. belief, faith
2. honesty, conscience

• ईमानदार (īmāndār)
• ईमानदारी (īmāndārī)

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “ईमान”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 57.
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• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ईमान”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 110
• Platts, John T. (1884) “ايمان”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 115