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firman¹

  • /ˈfɜː.mən/ UK
  • /ˈfɜɹ.mən/ US
  • [ˈfɝ.mən] US

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish فرمان (fermân), from Classical Persian فرمان (farmān, “command, order, decree”).

noun firmans · farman · ferman · pharmaund · phirmaund

  1. historical a royal decree issued by a sovereign in certain historical Islamic states, especially by the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. his Sublimity's firman, The most imperative of sovereign spells, / Which every body does without who can […]

Firman²

Where it comes from

Variant of Firmin.

proper noun

  1. A surname transferred from the given name.

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noun Translations

हिन्दीफ़रमान farmān, फरमान pharmān

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"firman." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/firman. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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firman. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/firman

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"firman." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/firman.

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@misc{firman_2026,
  title = {firman},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/firman},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}