Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

imani

/ɪˈmɑni/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.31 in modern English

Syllables: imani
IPA: /ɪˈmɑni/

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

faith (in the context of African-American culture)

Uncountable

name

A female given name from Swahili.

name

A surname from Persian.

Example Sentences

"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."

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).

Origin

Source language: Swahili

Word Breakdown

Root: -, إِيمَان, ء م ن, ایمانی

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ɪˈmɑni/

Usage

Uncountable

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Religion.

Inflected Forms

Imanis (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce imani?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪˈmɑni/.
What does imani mean?: faith (in the context of African-American culture)
Where does imani come from?: It is traced to Swahili.

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