عمان

Disputed etymology with most connecting it back to عُمَانَة (ʕumāna) considered a by-name of the city صُحَار (ṣuḥār), the most prevalent city-state at the time the name became associated with the region as a whole. Considered derived from the root ع م ن (ʕ-m-n) meaning, "to settle or remain", "to dwell", "a place where one enters and chooses to stay", "to be abiding or a lasting settlement", "a plain or easy country".

• IPA^(key): /ʕu.maːn/

عُمَان • (ʕumān) f

1. Oman (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

• عُمَانِيّ (ʕumāniyy)

• → Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܥܘܼܡܵܢ (ˁūmān)
• ⇒ Japanese: オマーン (Omān)
• → Persian: عمان ('omân)
• → Punjabi: عُمان (ʻumān)
• → Sindhi: عمان
• → Urdu: عُمان ('umān)

Generally connected to the root ع م م (ʕ-m-m) dealing with the concepts of "kinsmen or people", "father's brother", "to be distantly related, an extended tribe", "a very large company", "a tribe, multitude, or great band"; attested as far back as Akkadian 𒌷𒄠𒈠𒈾 (Ammān, “City of Ammān”) likely deriving from a local power's endonym.

• IPA^(key): /ʕam.maːn/

عَمَّان • (ʕammān) f

1. Amman (the capital city of Jordan)
2. Amman (a governorate of Jordan)

• عَمَّانِيّ (ʕammāniyy)

• → Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܥܲܡܵܐܢ (ˁammān)
• → Persian: عمان ('ammân)
• → Punjabi: عَمّان (ʻammān)
• → Sindhi: عمان
• → Urdu: عَمّان ('ammān)

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “عمان”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

عَمَّانِ • (ʕammāni) m du

1. nominative dual of عَمّ (ʕamm)

Borrowed from Arabic عَمَّان (ʕAmmān), from a local name attested as far back as Akkadian 𒌷𒄠𒈠𒈾 (Ammān, “City of Ammān”).

عمان • (Aman)

1. Amman (the capital of Jordan)

• Turkish: Amman

• Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Amman”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎^[1], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 38

Borrowed from Arabic عُمَان (ʕumān).

Readings
Classical reading?	umān
Dari reading?	umān
Iranian reading?	omân
Tajik reading?	umon

Dari	عمان
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Умон

عمان • ('omân)

1. Oman (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

• عمانی ('omâni)

Borrowed from Arabic عَمَّان (ʕammān).

• امان (ammân)

Readings
Classical reading?	ammān
Dari reading?	ammān
Iranian reading?	ammân
Tajik reading?	ammon

Dari	عمان
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Аммон

عمان • ('ammân)

1. Amman (the capital city of Jordan)

Borrowed from Arabic عُمَان (ʕumān).

عُمان • (ʻumān) ? (Gurmukhi spelling ਉਮਾਨ)

1. Oman (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Borrowed from Arabic عَمَّان (ʕammān).

عَمّان • (ʻammān) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਅੱਮਾਨ)

1. Amman (the capital city of Jordan)

Borrowed from Arabic عُمَان (ʕumān).

عمان • (transliteration needed) ?

1. Oman (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Borrowed from Arabic عَمَّان (ʕammān).

عمان • (transliteration needed) ?

1. Amman (the capital city of Jordan)

Picture dictionary
الأردن عمّان إربد الزرقا رصيفة وادي السير سحاب الرمثا صويلح مفرق مادبا السلط جرش عجلون
بلاد الشام الأردن

From Arabic عَمَّان (ʕammān).

• IPA^(key): /ʕam.maːn/, [ʕamˈmæːn]

• Audio (Ramallah):

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عمّان • (ʕammān) f

1. Amman (the capital city of Jordan)

عمان • (ʕumān) f

1. Oman (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Picture dictionary
ترکی قبرص لبنان شام فلسطین اسرائیل اُردن مصر کردستان عراق کویت ایران سعودی عرب بحرین قطر متحدہ عرب امارات عمان یمن
شام اسرائیل گلیل ہندوستان

Borrowed from Arabic عُمَان (ʕumān).

• IPA^(key): /o.mɑːn/
• Rhymes: -ɑːn

عُمان • ('umān) m (Hindi spelling ओमान)

1. Oman (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

• (Middle East) مَشْرِقِ وُسْطیٰ (maśriq-i vustā); سَعُودی عَرَب (sa'ūdī 'arab), مِصْر (misr) عِراق ('irāq), اِیران (īrān), اُرْدُن (urdun), شام (śām), تُرْکِیَہ (turkiya), قِبْرِص (qibris) فِلِسْطِین (filistīn) اِسْرائِیل (isrāīl) لِبْنان (libnān) یَمَن (yaman) عُمان ('umān) مُتَّحِدَہ عَرَب اِمارات (muttahida 'arab imārāt) قَطَر (qatar) بَحْرِین (bahrīn) کُوَیت (kuvait) ^{(Category: ur:Middle East)}

Borrowed from Arabic عَمَّان (ʕammān).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /əm.mɑːn/
• Rhymes: -ɑːn

عَمّان • ('ammān) m (Hindi spelling अम्मान)

1. Amman (the capital city of Jordan)