أمانة

Arabic

Root
ء م ن (ʔ-m-n)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔa.maː.na/

Noun

أَمَانَة • (ʔamāna) f (plural أَمَانَات (ʔamānāt))

verbal noun of أَمُنَ (ʔamuna) (form I)
trust
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 4:58:
  إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَأْمُرُكُمْ أَنْ تُؤَدُّوا الْأَمَانَاتِ إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهَا
  ʔinna l-laha yaʔmurukum ʔan tuʔaddū al-ʔamānāti ʔilā ʔahlihā
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
reliability
confidentiality
deposit
municipal council (in a capital city)

Declension

Declension of noun أَمَانَة (ʔamāna)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَمَانَة ʔamāna	الْأَمَانَة al-ʔamāna	أَمَانَة ʔamānat
Nominative	أَمَانَةٌ ʔamānatun	الْأَمَانَةُ al-ʔamānatu	أَمَانَةُ ʔamānatu
Accusative	أَمَانَةً ʔamānatan	الْأَمَانَةَ al-ʔamānata	أَمَانَةَ ʔamānata
Genitive	أَمَانَةٍ ʔamānatin	الْأَمَانَةِ al-ʔamānati	أَمَانَةِ ʔamānati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَمَانَتَيْن ʔamānatayn	الْأَمَانَتَيْن al-ʔamānatayn	أَمَانَتَيْ ʔamānatay
Nominative	أَمَانَتَانِ ʔamānatāni	الْأَمَانَتَانِ al-ʔamānatāni	أَمَانَتَا ʔamānatā
Accusative	أَمَانَتَيْنِ ʔamānatayni	الْأَمَانَتَيْنِ al-ʔamānatayni	أَمَانَتَيْ ʔamānatay
Genitive	أَمَانَتَيْنِ ʔamānatayni	الْأَمَانَتَيْنِ al-ʔamānatayni	أَمَانَتَيْ ʔamānatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَمَانَات ʔamānāt	الْأَمَانَات al-ʔamānāt	أَمَانَات ʔamānāt
Nominative	أَمَانَاتٌ ʔamānātun	الْأَمَانَاتُ al-ʔamānātu	أَمَانَاتُ ʔamānātu
Accusative	أَمَانَاتٍ ʔamānātin	الْأَمَانَاتِ al-ʔamānāti	أَمَانَاتِ ʔamānāti
Genitive	أَمَانَاتٍ ʔamānātin	الْأَمَانَاتِ al-ʔamānāti	أَمَانَاتِ ʔamānāti

Descendants

→ Armenian: ամանաթ (amanatʻ)
→ Azerbaijani: əmanət
→ Bashkir: аманат (amanat)
→ Chagatai: امانت
- Uyghur: ئامانەت (amanet)
- Uzbek: omonat
→ Classical Malay: امانه
- Malay: amanah
  - Indonesian: amanah
→ Georgian: ამანათი (amanati)
→ Hausa: amana
→ Kazakh: аманат (amanat)
→ Kumyk: аманат (amanat)
→ Kyrgyz: аманат (amanat)
→ Northern Kurdish: (perhaps) anemetî
→ Ottoman Turkish: امانت (emânet)
- Turkish: emanet
→ Pashto: امانت (amānát)
→ Persian: امانت (amânat)
- → Bengali: আমানত (amanot)
- → Classical Malay: امانت
  - Malay: amanat
    - Indonesian: amanat
- → Hindustani:
  Hindi: अमानत (amānat)
  Urdu: امانت (amānat)
- → Punjabi:
  Gurmukhi script: ਅਮਾਨਤ (amānat)
  Shahmukhi script: امانت (amānat)
- → Sindhi: امانت
→ Russian: амана́т (amanát) (via Turkic)
- → English: amanat
→ Swahili: amana
→ Tatar: әманәт (ämanät)
→ Turkmen: amanat

References

Wehr, Hans (1979) “أمانة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

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