See imani on Wiktionary
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"1": "sw",
"2": ":bor",
"3": "ar:إِيمَان<id:belief>",
"id": "faith",
"text": "++",
"tree": "1"
},
"expansion": "Etymology tree\nArabic آمَنَ (ʔāmana)\nArabic إِيمَان (ʔīmān)bor.\nSwahili imani\nBorrowed from Arabic إِيمَان (ʔīmān), from آمَنَ (ʔāmana).",
"name": "etymon"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sw",
"2": "ar",
"3": "ء م ن"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nArabic آمَنَ (ʔāmana)\nArabic إِيمَان (ʔīmān)bor.\nSwahili imani\nBorrowed from Arabic إِيمَان (ʔīmān), from آمَنَ (ʔāmana).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "imani class IX",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "n",
"2": "-"
},
"expansion": "imani class IX (no plural)",
"name": "sw-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Swahili",
"lang_code": "sw",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "-amini"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"faith, belief"
],
"links": [
[
"faith",
"faith#English"
],
[
"belief",
"belief#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"no-plural"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"conviction (belief)"
],
"links": [
[
"conviction",
"conviction"
]
],
"tags": [
"no-plural"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/iˈmɑ.ni/",
"note": "Unguja standard"
},
{
"audio": "Sw-ke-imani.flac",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/76/Sw-ke-imani.flac/Sw-ke-imani.flac.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/76/Sw-ke-imani.flac/Sw-ke-imani.flac.ogg"
}
],
"word": "imani"
}
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