amani
1 of 2noun (1)
ama·ni
əˈmänē
plural -s
1
: Indian government estates or other sources of revenue not leased or farmed out compare zamindari
2
: Indian government lands paying rent in kind instead of in money
amani
2 of 2noun (2)
ama·ni
ˈämənē
plural amani or amanis
1
: a gold coin of Afghanistan that was issued by Amānollāh Khān from 1919 to 1926
2
: a unit of value equivalent to one amani
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
Hindi & Persian amānī, from Arabic amānah security
Noun (2)
Persian, after Amānollāh Khān †1960, amir of Afghanistan, 1919–29
First Known Use
Noun (1)
1932, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Noun (2)
1927, in the meaning defined at sense 1
- dog's-tooth violet
- dog-cheap
- dog-day cicada
- dog-ear
- dog-eared
- dog-eat-dog
- dog-faced ape
- dog-faced baboon
- dog-paddle
- dog-pile
- dog-piled
- dog-piles
- dog-piling
- dog-stopper
- dog-tired
- dog-toes
- dog-whistle
- dogana
- Great Rift Valley
- Great River Road
- great room
- Great Russian
- great saint ber
- Great Saint Bernard
- great Saint-John's-wort