Etymology

amanat

a·ma·nat
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Today it means: A Native American hostage taken by Russian colonists. Full definition →

Russian амана́т ← Turkic ← Arabic أَمَانَة
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  1. Arabic · derived fromأَمَانَة“surety”
  2. Turkic · derived from
  3. Russian · borrowed fromамана́т“hostage”
  4. English todayamanat

Borrowed from Russian амана́т (amanát, “hostage”), via a Turkic language from Arabic أَمَانَة (ʔamāna, “surety”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.