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imani¹

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Swahili imani (“faith”), borrowed from Arabic إِيمَان (ʔīmān), from آمَنَ (ʔāmana).

noun

  1. uncountable faith (in the context of African-American culture) 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 i

Imani²

  • /ɪˈmɑni/ US

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Swahili, from imani (“faith, belief”), from Arabic إِيمَان (ʔīmān).

proper noun Imanis

  1. A female given name from Swahili.

Imani³

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Persian ایمانی.

proper noun Imanis

  1. A surname from Persian.

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"imani." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/imani. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

imani. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/imani

Chicago

"imani." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/imani.

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@misc{imani_2026,
  title = {imani},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/imani},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}