Etymology

ameen

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Today it means: Any of various native Indian officials employed by the civil courts, for example to investigate accounts connected with a suit, to prosecute local enquiries of any kind bearing on a suit, to sell or to deliver over possession of immovable property, or to carry out legal process as a bailiff. Full definition →

Arabic أمين
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ameen · noun1

  1. Arabic · borrowed fromأمين“loyal, reliable, trustworthy”
  2. English todayameen

From Arabic أمين (ʔamīn, “loyal, reliable, trustworthy”).

Ameen · proper noun2

  1. Arabic · borrowed fromأَمِين“loyal, reliable, trustworthy”
  2. English todayAmeen

Borrowed from Arabic أَمِين (ʔamīn, “loyal, reliable, trustworthy”). This surname is mostly found in Pakistan.

Words from the same roots

Arabicأَمِين all →

amenaminEmin

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