Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryOne who leads the salat prayers in a mosque. · A Shi'ite Muslim leader descended from the prophet Muhammad and functioning as his spiritual successor. · One of the Twelve imams, descendants of Muhammad from the seventh to ninth centuries CE who lived exemplary lives.
Borrowed from Arabic إِمَام (ʔimām, “leader”).
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- Root classification mentionء م مar
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