English
amanat
Amanat comes from Russian амана́т ‘hostage’, and goes back to Arabic أَمَانَة ‘surety’.
- Arabicc. 500–presentأَمَانَة‘surety’
- Russianmodernамана́тamanát‘hostage’by way of Arabic أَمَانَة
- Englishearliest quotation 1990amanat
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Arabicc. 500–presentأَمَانَة‘surety’
- Russianmodernамана́тamanát‘hostage’by way of Arabic أَمَانَة
- Englishearliest quotation 1990amanat
Earliest quotation: 1990, Richard A. Pierce, Russian America: A Biographical Dictionary: “Kuznetsov — his Aleut name is unknown — had…”
Every English word from Arabic أَمَانَة
Today it means
noun A Native American hostage taken by Russian colonists.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Arabic أَمَانَة / amanat