imani
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/ɪˈmɑni/
Definition of imani
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(uncountable)faith (in the context of African-American culture)
“On Tuesday night at the Club Serene in Brooklyn, Mayor Koch proclaimed Kwanzaa Week in New York. Then he told the crowd of about 400 that he had practiced his Swahili in order to pronounce correctly such exotic-sounding words as kujichagulia (self-determination), ujamaa (cooperative economics) and imani (faith), the theme of Kwanzaa '83.”
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noun
-
(uncountable)faith (in the context of African-American culture)
“On Tuesday night at the Club Serene in Brooklyn, Mayor Koch proclaimed Kwanzaa Week in New York. Then he told the crowd of about 400 that he had practiced his Swahili in order to pronounce correctly such exotic-sounding words as kujichagulia (self-determination), ujamaa (cooperative economics) and imani (faith), the theme of Kwanzaa '83.”
name
- A female given name from Swahili.
- A surname from Persian.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Etymology tree Arabic آمَنَ (ʔāmana) Arabic إِيمَان (ʔīmān)bor. Swahili imanibor. English imani Borrowed from Swahili imani (“faith”), borrowed from Arabic إِيمَان (ʔīmān), from آمَنَ (ʔāmana).
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