Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

amanat

/æməˈnɑːt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.72 in modern English

Syllables: a-ma-nat
IPA: /æməˈnɑːt/

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

3

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Native American hostage taken by Russian colonists.

Example Sentences

"Kuznetsov — his Aleut name is unknown — had been given to Russian fur traders as an amanat (hostage)."
"According to Davydov (1812, 2:54, 132), the chief of the Ugalakhmiut Eyak specially came to Kodiak for a meeting with his son, who was an amanat among the Russians."
"Toion Fedor accepted Orthodoxy in the winter of 1795–96 when he lived at Kodiak as an amanat."

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian амана́т (amanát, “hostage”), via a Turkic language from Arabic أَمَانَة (ʔamāna, “surety”).

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: ء م ن, أَمَانَة

Inflected Forms

amanats (plural) amanaty (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce amanat?: The recorded pronunciation is /æməˈnɑːt/.
What does amanat mean?: A Native American hostage taken by Russian colonists.
Where does amanat come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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