Meanings
imani1
- uncountablefaith (in the context of African-American culture)
1 more example
On Tuesday night at the Club Serene in Brooklyn, Mayor Koch proclaimed Kwanzaa Week in New York. Then he told the crowd of about 400 that he had practiced his Swahili in order to pronounce correctly such exotic-sounding words as kujichagulia (self-determination), ujamaa (cooperative economics) and imani (faith), the theme of Kwanzaa '83.
1983 December 30, Ron Alexander, “The Evening Hours”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 03 Jan 2022, page B7
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Origin
imani · noun
- Arabicآمَنَ (ʔāmana)
- Arabicإِيمَان (ʔīmān)
- Swahiliimani
- Englishimani
Borrowed from Swahili imani (“faith”), borrowed from Arabic إِيمَان (ʔīmān), from آمَنَ (ʔāmana).
More words from Swahili
Full word history & related roots →Imani · proper noun
- Arabicآمَنَ (ʔāmana)
- Arabicإِيمَان (ʔīmān)
- Swahiliimani
- SwahiliImani
- EnglishImani
Borrowed from Swahili, from imani (“faith, belief”), from Arabic إِيمَان (ʔīmān).
More words from Arabic
Full word history & related roots →Imani · proper noun
- Persianایمانی
- EnglishImani
Borrowed from Persian ایمانی.
More words from Persian
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
imani. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/imani
“imani.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/imani. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “imani,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/imani.
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