Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

amanaty

/æməˈnɑːti/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: a-ma-na-ty
IPA: /æməˈnɑːti/

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

4

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of amanat

Example Sentences

"The treaty of 1657 repeated the main items of the treaty of 1655, and two new conditions were added: the Kalmyks were to give hostages (amanaty) as surety […]"
"In the mid-1790s the number of amanaty kept by the Russians was rather substantial. They often accompanied the promyshlenniki on dangerous sea voyages as guides and subsidiary working force."
"If need be, the governors purchased foodstuffs for their amanaty out of their town budgets. For instance, the town of Staraia Mangazeia purchased in the summer of 1681 enough grain to feed the amanaty at multiple smaller posts under their jurisdiction that held an array of Samoed, Ostiak and Tungus amanaty."

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian амана́ты (amanáty, “hostages”), plural of амана́т (amanát, “hostage”), ultimately from Arabic أَمَانَة (ʔamāna, “surety”).

Origin

Source language: Russian

Word Breakdown

Root: ء م ن, аманат, أَمَانَة

Questions

How do you pronounce amanaty?: The recorded pronunciation is /æməˈnɑːti/.
What does amanaty mean?: plural of amanat
Where does amanaty come from?: It is traced to Russian.

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