Where does “imani” come from?

imani (English) comes from Swahili imani, from Arabic إِيمَان, from Arabic آمَنَ — to believe.

imani (English): faith in the context of African-American culture

Definitions

  1. faith in the context of African-American culture

Ancestry of “imani”, step by step

imani traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swahili imani

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swahiliimanifaith, belief; conviction
2Arabicإِيمَانfaith, belief
3Arabicآمَنَto believe

via Persian ایمانی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianایمانی—
Every word from Arabic آمَنَ →Every word from Arabic إِيمَان →Every word from Swahili imani →