مؤمن

Arabic

Root
ء م ن (ʔ m n)
15 terms

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /muʔ.min/

Participle

مُؤْمِن • (muʔmin) (form IV)

active participle of آمَنَ (ʔāmana)

Adjective

مُؤْمِن • (muʔmin) (feminine مُؤْمِنَة (muʔmina), masculine plural مُؤْمِنُون (muʔminūn), feminine plural مُؤْمِنَات (muʔmināt))

faithful, believing

Declension

Declension of adjective **مُؤْمِن** (muʔmin)
singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مُؤْمِن muʔmin	الْمُؤْمِن al-muʔmin	مُؤْمِنَة muʔmina	الْمُؤْمِنَة al-muʔmina
nominative	مُؤْمِنٌ muʔminun	الْمُؤْمِنُ al-muʔminu	مُؤْمِنَةٌ muʔminatun	الْمُؤْمِنَةُ al-muʔminatu
accusative	مُؤْمِنًا muʔminan	الْمُؤْمِنَ al-muʔmina	مُؤْمِنَةً muʔminatan	الْمُؤْمِنَةَ al-muʔminata
genitive	مُؤْمِنٍ muʔminin	الْمُؤْمِنِ al-muʔmini	مُؤْمِنَةٍ muʔminatin	الْمُؤْمِنَةِ al-muʔminati
dual	masculine		feminine
dual	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مُؤْمِنَيْن muʔminayn	الْمُؤْمِنَيْن al-muʔminayn	مُؤْمِنَتَيْن muʔminatayn	الْمُؤْمِنَتَيْن al-muʔminatayn
nominative	مُؤْمِنَانِ muʔmināni	الْمُؤْمِنَانِ al-muʔmināni	مُؤْمِنَتَانِ muʔminatāni	الْمُؤْمِنَتَانِ al-muʔminatāni
accusative	مُؤْمِنَيْنِ muʔminayni	الْمُؤْمِنَيْنِ al-muʔminayni	مُؤْمِنَتَيْنِ muʔminatayni	الْمُؤْمِنَتَيْنِ al-muʔminatayni
genitive	مُؤْمِنَيْنِ muʔminayni	الْمُؤْمِنَيْنِ al-muʔminayni	مُؤْمِنَتَيْنِ muʔminatayni	الْمُؤْمِنَتَيْنِ al-muʔminatayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مُؤْمِنِين muʔminīn	الْمُؤْمِنِين al-muʔminīn	مُؤْمِنَات muʔmināt	الْمُؤْمِنَات al-muʔmināt
nominative	مُؤْمِنُونَ muʔminūna	الْمُؤْمِنُونَ al-muʔminūna	مُؤْمِنَاتٌ muʔminātun	الْمُؤْمِنَاتُ al-muʔminātu
accusative	مُؤْمِنِينَ muʔminīna	الْمُؤْمِنِينَ al-muʔminīna	مُؤْمِنَاتٍ muʔminātin	الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ al-muʔmināti
genitive	مُؤْمِنِينَ muʔminīna	الْمُؤْمِنِينَ al-muʔminīna	مُؤْمِنَاتٍ muʔminātin	الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ al-muʔmināti

Derived terms

أَمِير الْمُؤْمِنِين (ʔamīr al-muʔminīn)

Descendants

→ Gulf Arabic: مؤمن (muʔmin) (learned)
→ Azerbaijani: mömin
→ Bashkir: мөьмин (mömin)
→ English: mu'min
→ Malay: mukmin
- → Indonesian: mukmin
→ Ottoman Turkish: مؤمن (mümin)
- Turkish: mümin
→ Classical Persian: مُؤْمِن (mu'min), مومن
- → Bengali: মুমিন (mumin), মোমিন (mōmin), মোমেন (mōmen), মমিন (momin), মুমীন (mumin) — archaic
- → Hindustani:
  Hindi: मोमिन (momin)
  
  Urdu: مُؤْمِن (mumin)
  
  → Kashmiri: 𑆩𑆷𑆩𑆴𑆤 (mūmin)
- → Punjabi:
  Gurmukhi script: ਮੋਮਿਨ (momin), ਮੋਮਨ (moman)
  
  Shahmukhi script: مُؤْمِن (mu'omin)
→ Swahili: muumini
→ Tatar: мөэмин (möʹmin)
→ Uzbek: moʻmin

Proper noun

مُؤْمِن • (muʔmin) m

a male given name, Mumin

Descendants

→ Turkish: Mümin

Etymology 2

Derived from the passive participle of the verb آمَنَ (ʔāmana, “to believe”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /muʔ.man/

Participle

مُؤْمَن • (muʔman) (form IV)

passive participle of آمَنَ (ʔāmana)

References

Wehr, Hans (1979), “ءمن”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُؤْمِن (muʔmin).

Noun

مؤمن • (mümin)

believer

Descendants

Turkish: mümin

Persian

Alternative forms

مومن

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic آمَنَ (ʔāmana)

Arabic مُؤْمِن (muʔmin)bor.

Persian

Borrowed from Arabic مُؤْمِن (muʔmin).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /muʔ.ˈmin/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mo̞ʔ.mɪn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [moː.mɪn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mʊː.min]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [moʔ.men]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mɵʔ.min]

Readings
Classical reading^?	mu'min
Dari reading^?	mo'min
Iranian reading^?	mo'men
Tajik reading^?	mü'min

Noun


Iranian Persian	مؤمن
Dari	مؤمن
Tajik	мӯъмин

مؤمن • (mo'men) (plural مؤمنان (mo'menân) or مؤمن‌ها (mo'men-hâ) or مؤمنین (mo'menin))

believer, especially in Islam
Synonym: ایمان‌دار (imân-dâr)

Adjective

مؤمن • (mo'men) (comparative مؤمن‌تَر, superlative مؤمن‌تَرین)

faithful, religious
Synonym: معتقد (mo'taqed)