Where does “имам” come from?

имам (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish امام, from Arabic إمام, from Arabic م, from Proto-Semitic šamaʿ-.

имам (Serbo-Croatian): imam

Definitions

  1. imam

Ancestry of “имам”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishامامimam
2Arabicإمامleader, example, exemplar, paragon; imam;...
3Arabicمa prefix used to create nouns of place; a prefix...
4Proto-Semiticšamaʿ-—
Every word from Proto-Semitic šamaʿ- →Every word from Arabic م →Every word from Arabic إمام →
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