Amman

See also: amman, Am-man, Ammán, and ämmän

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic عَمَّان (ʕammān).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əˈmɑːn/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ɑːˈmɑːn/
• Rhymes: -ɑːn

Proper noun

Amman

2. The capital city of Jordan.
   1. (metonymic) The Jordanian government.
3. A governorate of Jordan around the capital.

Synonyms

• Philadelphia (historical)

Related terms

• Ammani

Translations

the capital of Jordan

• Afrikaans: Amman
• Albanian: Amani m
• Amharic: አማን (ʾäman)
• Arabic: عَمَّان (ar) f (ʕammān)
• Armenian: Ամման (hy) (Amman)
• Asturian: Amán (ast)
• Azerbaijani: Amman (az)
• Belarusian: Ама́н m (Amán)
• Bengali: আম্মান (bn) (amman)
• Bulgarian: Ама́н m (Amán)
• Burmese: အမ်မန်မြို့ (ammanmrui.)
• Catalan: Amman m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 安曼 (on¹ maan⁶)

  Mandarin: 安曼 (zh) (Ānmàn)

• Czech: Ammán (cs) m
• Danish: Amman n
• Dutch: Amman (nl) n
• Esperanto: Amano (eo)
• Estonian: Amman (et)
• Finnish: Amman (fi)
• French: Amman (fr) f
• Galician: Amán (gl)
• Georgian: ამანი (ka) (amani)
• German: Amman (de) n
• Greek: Αμμάν (el) (Ammán)

  Ancient Greek: Φιλαδέλφεια f (Philadélpheia)

• Hebrew: רבת עמון (he) (rabat amon), רַבָּה f (rabba), עַמָּאן f (amman)
• Hindi: अम्मान m (ammān)
• Hungarian: Ammán (hu)
• Icelandic: Amman
• Indonesian: Amman
• Italian: Amman m
• Japanese: アンマン (ja) (Anman)
• Kazakh: Амман (Amman)
• Khmer: អាម៉ាន់ (km) (ʼaaman), អាំម៉ាន (ʼammaan), អាំម៉ាន់ (ʼamman)
• Korean: 암만 (ko) (Amman)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Emman (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Амман (Amman)
• Lao: ອຳມານ (ʼam mān)
• Latvian: Ammāna f
• Lithuanian: Amanas m
• Macedonian: Аман m (Aman)
• Malay: Amman
• Malayalam: അമ്മാൻ (ml) (ammāṉ)
• Maltese: Amman
• Marathi: अम्मान (ammān)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Амман (Amman)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Amman

  Nynorsk: Amman

• Pashto: عمان m ('Amān)
• Persian: عمان (fa) ('Ammân), امان (fa) (Amân)
• Polish: Amman (pl) m
• Portuguese: Amã (pt)
• Rohingya: Ammán
• Romanian: Amman (ro) m
• Russian: Амма́н (ru) m (Ammán)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Аман m, Амман m

  Latin: Aman m, Amman (sh) m

• Slovak: Ammán (sk) m
• Slovene: Aman m
• Spanish: Amán (es), Ammán (es)
• Swedish: Amman (sv) n
• Tagalog: Aman
• Tajik: Аммон (Ammon)
• Tatar: Амман (Amman)
• Thai: อัมมาน (th) (ammaan)
• Turkish: Amman (tr), Filadelfiya

  Ottoman Turkish: عمان (Aman), فیلادلفیا (Filadelfiya)

• Turkmen: Amman
• Ukrainian: Амма́н m (Ammán)
• Urdu: عمان m ('ammān)
• Uyghur: ئاممان (amman)
• Uzbek: Amman, Ammon
• Vietnamese: Am-man
• Yiddish: אַמאַן n (aman)

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Amman

1. A river in Carmarthenshire and Neath Port Talbot borough county borough, Wales, which joins the River Loughor at Pantyffynnon.

Derived terms

• Ammanford
• Brynamman
• Cwmamman

Translations

river in Wales

• Polish: Amman (pl) m
• Welsh: Aman

Etymology 3

Transliteration of Tamil அம்மன் (ammaṉ).

Proper noun

Amman

1. Synonym of Mariamman (“rain goddess”).

Anagrams

• Manam

Afrikaans

Proper noun

Amman

1. Amman (the capital city of Jordan)

Derived terms

• Ammaniet
• Ammanities

Dutch

Etymology

From Arabic عَمَّان (ʕammān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌaːm.ˈaːn/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Amm‧an

Proper noun

Amman n

1. Amman (the capital city of Jordan)

Finnish

Etymology

From Arabic عَمَّان (ʕammān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑmːɑn/, [ˈɑ̝mːɑ̝n]
• Rhymes: -ɑmːɑn
• Syllabification^(key): Am‧man
• Hyphenation^(key): Am‧man

Proper noun

Amman

1. Amman (the capital city of Jordan)

Declension

Inflection of Amman (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Amman	—
genitive		Ammanin	—
partitive		Ammania	—
illative		Ammaniin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Amman	—
accusative	nom.	Amman	—
	gen.	Ammanin
genitive		Ammanin	—
partitive		Ammania	—
inessive		Ammanissa	—
elative		Ammanista	—
illative		Ammaniin	—
adessive		Ammanilla	—
ablative		Ammanilta	—
allative		Ammanille	—
essive		Ammanina	—
translative		Ammaniksi	—
abessive		Ammanitta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Amman (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Ammanini — accusative nom. Ammanini — gen. Ammanini genitive Ammanini — partitive Ammaniani — inessive Ammanissani — elative Ammanistani — illative Ammaniini — adessive Ammanillani — ablative Ammaniltani — allative Ammanilleni — essive Ammaninani — translative Ammanikseni — abessive Ammanittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Ammanisi — accusative nom. Ammanisi — gen. Ammanisi genitive Ammanisi — partitive Ammaniasi — inessive Ammanissasi — elative Ammanistasi — illative Ammaniisi — adessive Ammanillasi — ablative Ammaniltasi — allative Ammanillesi — essive Ammaninasi — translative Ammaniksesi — abessive Ammanittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Ammanimme — accusative nom. Ammanimme — gen. Ammanimme genitive Ammanimme — partitive Ammaniamme — inessive Ammanissamme — elative Ammanistamme — illative Ammaniimme — adessive Ammanillamme — ablative Ammaniltamme — allative Ammanillemme — essive Ammaninamme — translative Ammaniksemme — abessive Ammanittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Ammaninne — accusative nom. Ammaninne — gen. Ammaninne genitive Ammaninne — partitive Ammanianne — inessive Ammanissanne — elative Ammanistanne — illative Ammaniinne — adessive Ammanillanne — ablative Ammaniltanne — allative Ammanillenne — essive Ammaninanne — translative Ammaniksenne — abessive Ammanittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Ammaninsa — accusative nom. Ammaninsa — gen. Ammaninsa genitive Ammaninsa — partitive Ammaniaan Ammaniansa — inessive Ammanissaan Ammanissansa — elative Ammanistaan Ammanistansa — illative Ammaniinsa — adessive Ammanillaan Ammanillansa — ablative Ammaniltaan Ammaniltansa — allative Ammanilleen Ammanillensa — essive Ammaninaan Ammaninansa — translative Ammanikseen Ammaniksensa — abessive Ammanittaan Ammanittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

French

Etymology

From Arabic عَمَّان (ʕammān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.man/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Proper noun

Amman f

1. Amman (the capital city of Jordan)

Related terms

• ammanais

German

Etymology

From Arabic عَمَّان (ʕammān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmaːn/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

Proper noun

Amman n (proper noun, genitive Ammans or (optionally with an article) Amman)

1. Amman (the capital city of Jordan)

Portuguese

Proper noun

Amman f

1. (uncommon) alternative form of Amã

Serbo-Croatian

Proper noun

Amman m inan (Cyrillic spelling Амман)

1. Amman (the capital city of Jordan)