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amit¹

  • /əˈmɪt/

Sounds like omit

Where it comes from

From Latin āmittō (“to lose, to send away”).

verb amits · amitting · amitted

  1. obsolete To lose. And though a loadstone fired doth presently amit its proper virtue, and according to the position in cooling contracts a new verticity from the earth, yet if the same be laid awhile in aqua fortis, or other corrosive water, and taken out before a considerable corrosion, it still reserves its attract

Amit²

Where it comes from

Transliteration of Hindi अमित (amit), Marathi अमित (amit), Gujarati અમિત (amit), Bengali অমিত (omito), etc.

proper noun

  1. A male given name from Sanskrit. Port Blair, the capital of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, was renamed Sri Vijaya Puram, with Union Home Minister Amit Shah saying on Friday that it was done to realise "Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision to free the nation from colonial imprints".
  2. A diminutive of the male given name Amitabh, from Sanskrit.

Amit³

Where it comes from

Transliteration of Hebrew עָמִית ('amít).

proper noun

  1. A male given name from Hebrew.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: emmitt, emmett, fail, leese, lese, lose, tyne, emarginate, lose out, abash, slip, drop, amand, amate, unbecome, miss

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Chicago

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@misc{amit_2026,
  title = {amit},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/amit},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}