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īmān[inf. n. iv of امن 'To be safe or secure'], s.m. Belief (particularly in God, and in His word and apostles, etc.); faith, religion, creed; conscience; good faith, trustworthiness, integrity:—īmān bećnā, To sell one's conscience; to break one's word, faith, etc.; to sacrifice one's integrity, honour, etc.; to prove faithless or dishonest:—īmān-dār, adj. Faithful, true, conscientious;—s.m. A believer:—īmāndārī, s.f. Fidelity, truth, trustworthiness, honesty:—īmān-se, adv. Faithfully, honestly, conscientiously, solemnly:—īmān-kā, adj. (f. -ī), Honest, true, fair, conscientious, trustworthy, trusty:—īmān khonā, To sacrifice or lose honour, integrity, etc.=īmān bećnā, q.v.:—īmān lānā(-par), To believe (in), become a convert (to); to have or put faith (in), repose trust or confidence (in), rely (on); to credit, give credit (to):—īmān-meṅ ḵẖalal ānā, īmān-meṅfarq ānā, To have one's honesty or probity shaken or disturbed, to prove faithless, dishonest, etc.
Origin: Arabic