See imam in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "ܐܝܡܡ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "imam",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"word": "իմամ"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"word": "imam"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "има́м"
},
{
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "imam",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"word": "имам"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "imám",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "іма́м"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "imam",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"word": "ইমাম"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "imám",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "има́м"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "imam"
},
{
"code": "ce",
"lang": "Chechen",
"roman": "imam",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"word": "имам"
},
{
"code": "dng",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "ahun",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"tags": [
"Dungan"
],
"word": "ахун"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"word": "伊瑪目"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yīmǎmù",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"word": "伊玛目"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"word": "教長"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiāozhǎng, jiàozhǎng",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"word": "教长"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"note": "used by Hui Muslims",
"roman": "āhōng",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"word": "阿訇"
},
{
"code": "crh",
"lang": "Crimean Tatar",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"word": "imam"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "imám"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "imam"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "imam"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"word": "imamo"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"word": "imaam"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"word": "imaami"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "imam"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "imami",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"word": "იმამი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Imam"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "imámis",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ιμάμης"
},
{
"code": "ha",
"lang": "Hausa",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"word": "liman"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "imám",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "אִימָאם"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "īmām",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ईमाम"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"word": "imám"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"word": "imam"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "iomám"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "imam"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "imāmu",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"word": "イマーム"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "imam",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"word": "имам"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "ʼiimaam",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"word": "អ៊ីម៉ាម"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "imam",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"word": "이맘"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"word": "îmam"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "imam",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"word": "имам"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "imāms"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "imamas"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "ímam",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "и́мам"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"word": "imam"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "imāṁ",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"word": "ഇമാം"
},
{
"code": "mrw",
"lang": "Maranao",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"word": "imam"
},
{
"code": "min",
"lang": "Minangkabau",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"word": "imam"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "imam"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "imam",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"word": "امام"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "emām",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "امام"
},
{
"code": "prs",
"lang": "Dari",
"roman": "imām",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"word": "اِمَام"
},
{
"code": "prs",
"lang": "Dari",
"roman": "āxūnd",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"word": "آخُونْد"
},
{
"code": "fa-ira",
"lang": "Iranian Persian",
"roman": "emâm",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"word": "اِمام"
},
{
"code": "fa-ira",
"lang": "Iranian Persian",
"roman": "âxund",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"word": "آخونْد"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "imam"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "imã"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "imame"
},
{
"code": "rhg",
"lang": "Rohingya",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"word": "imam"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "imam"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "imám",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "има́м"
},
{
"code": "slr",
"lang": "Salar",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"word": "aqunbo"
},
{
"code": "slr",
"lang": "Salar",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"word": "aqun"
},
{
"code": "sgs",
"lang": "Samogitian",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "imams"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ѝма̄м"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ìmām"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "imán"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"word": "imamu"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "imam"
},
{
"code": "syl",
"lang": "Sylheti",
"roman": "imam",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"word": "ꠁꠝꠣꠝ"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "imom",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"word": "имом"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "oxund",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"word": "охунд"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "imām",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"word": "இமாம்"
},
{
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "imam",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"word": "имам"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "imām",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"word": "ఇమామ్"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "ì-màam",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"word": "อิหม่าม"
},
{
"code": "ti",
"lang": "Tigrinya",
"roman": "ʾimam",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"word": "ኢማም"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"word": "imam"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"word": "imam"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "imám",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "іма́м"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "imām",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "اِمام"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "āxūnd",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "آخُونْد"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "imam",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"word": "ئىمام"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "axun",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"word": "ئاخۇن"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"word": "imom"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"word": "oxund"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "imâm"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "imam",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "אימאַם"
},
{
"code": "yo",
"lang": "Yoruba",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"word": "lèmọ́mù"
},
{
"code": "yo",
"lang": "Yoruba",
"sense": "Muslim leader",
"word": "ìmáàmù"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"imam"
],
"word": "imam"
}
Download raw JSONL data for imam meaning in English (16.6kB)
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"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: Twelver Shi'ism",
"path": [
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],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "imam",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: Twelver Shi'ism",
"path": [
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