مؤمن

Arabic

Root
ء م ن (ʔ-m-n)

Etymology 1

Derived from the active participle of the verb آمَنَ (ʔāmana, “to believe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muʔ.min/

Participle

مُؤْمِن • (muʔmin) (form IV)

1. active participle of آمَنَ (ʔāmana)

Noun

مُؤْمِن • (muʔmin) m (plural مُؤْمِنُون (muʔminūn), feminine مُؤْمِنَة (muʔmina))

1. believer

Declension

Declension of noun مُؤْمِن (muʔmin)

Singular	Masculine			Feminine
	basic singular triptote			singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُؤْمِن muʔmin	الْمُؤْمِن al-muʔmin	مُؤْمِن muʔmin	مُؤْمِنَة muʔmina	الْمُؤْمِنَة al-muʔmina	مُؤْمِنَة muʔminat
Nominative	مُؤْمِنٌ muʔminun	الْمُؤْمِنُ al-muʔminu	مُؤْمِنُ muʔminu	مُؤْمِنَةٌ muʔminatun	الْمُؤْمِنَةُ al-muʔminatu	مُؤْمِنَةُ muʔminatu
Accusative	مُؤْمِنًا muʔminan	الْمُؤْمِنَ al-muʔmina	مُؤْمِنَ muʔmina	مُؤْمِنَةً muʔminatan	الْمُؤْمِنَةَ al-muʔminata	مُؤْمِنَةَ muʔminata
Genitive	مُؤْمِنٍ muʔminin	الْمُؤْمِنِ al-muʔmini	مُؤْمِنِ muʔmini	مُؤْمِنَةٍ muʔminatin	الْمُؤْمِنَةِ al-muʔminati	مُؤْمِنَةِ muʔminati
Dual	Masculine			Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُؤْمِنَيْن muʔminayn	الْمُؤْمِنَيْن al-muʔminayn	مُؤْمِنَيْ muʔminay	مُؤْمِنَتَيْن muʔminatayn	الْمُؤْمِنَتَيْن al-muʔminatayn	مُؤْمِنَتَيْ muʔminatay
Nominative	مُؤْمِنَانِ muʔmināni	الْمُؤْمِنَانِ al-muʔmināni	مُؤْمِنَا muʔminā	مُؤْمِنَتَانِ muʔminatāni	الْمُؤْمِنَتَانِ al-muʔminatāni	مُؤْمِنَتَا muʔminatā
Accusative	مُؤْمِنَيْنِ muʔminayni	الْمُؤْمِنَيْنِ al-muʔminayni	مُؤْمِنَيْ muʔminay	مُؤْمِنَتَيْنِ muʔminatayni	الْمُؤْمِنَتَيْنِ al-muʔminatayni	مُؤْمِنَتَيْ muʔminatay
Genitive	مُؤْمِنَيْنِ muʔminayni	الْمُؤْمِنَيْنِ al-muʔminayni	مُؤْمِنَيْ muʔminay	مُؤْمِنَتَيْنِ muʔminatayni	الْمُؤْمِنَتَيْنِ al-muʔminatayni	مُؤْمِنَتَيْ muʔminatay
Plural	Masculine			Feminine
	sound masculine plural			sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُؤْمِنِين muʔminīn	الْمُؤْمِنِين al-muʔminīn	مُؤْمِنِي muʔminī	مُؤْمِنَات muʔmināt	الْمُؤْمِنَات al-muʔmināt	مُؤْمِنَات muʔmināt
Nominative	مُؤْمِنُونَ muʔminūna	الْمُؤْمِنُونَ al-muʔminūna	مُؤْمِنُو muʔminū	مُؤْمِنَاتٌ muʔminātun	الْمُؤْمِنَاتُ al-muʔminātu	مُؤْمِنَاتُ muʔminātu
Accusative	مُؤْمِنِينَ muʔminīna	الْمُؤْمِنِينَ al-muʔminīna	مُؤْمِنِي muʔminī	مُؤْمِنَاتٍ muʔminātin	الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ al-muʔmināti	مُؤْمِنَاتِ muʔmināti
Genitive	مُؤْمِنِينَ muʔminīna	الْمُؤْمِنِينَ al-muʔminīna	مُؤْمِنِي muʔminī	مُؤْمِنَاتٍ muʔminātin	الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ al-muʔmināti	مُؤْمِنَاتِ muʔmināti

Derived terms

• أَمِير الْمُؤْمِنِين (ʔamīr al-muʔminīn)

Adjective

مُؤْمِن • (muʔmin) (feminine مُؤْمِنَة (muʔmina), masculine plural مُؤْمِنُونَ (muʔminūna), feminine plural مُؤْمِنَات (muʔmināt))

1. faithful, believing

Declension

Declension of adjective مُؤْمِن (muʔmin)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُؤْمِن muʔmin	الْمُؤْمِن al-muʔmin	مُؤْمِنَة muʔmina	الْمُؤْمِنَة al-muʔmina
Nominative	مُؤْمِنٌ muʔminun	الْمُؤْمِنُ al-muʔminu	مُؤْمِنَةٌ muʔminatun	الْمُؤْمِنَةُ al-muʔminatu
Accusative	مُؤْمِنًا muʔminan	الْمُؤْمِنَ al-muʔmina	مُؤْمِنَةً muʔminatan	الْمُؤْمِنَةَ al-muʔminata
Genitive	مُؤْمِنٍ muʔminin	الْمُؤْمِنِ al-muʔmini	مُؤْمِنَةٍ muʔminatin	الْمُؤْمِنَةِ al-muʔminati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُؤْمِنَيْن muʔminayn	الْمُؤْمِنَيْن al-muʔminayn	مُؤْمِنَتَيْن muʔminatayn	الْمُؤْمِنَتَيْن al-muʔminatayn
Nominative	مُؤْمِنَانِ muʔmināni	الْمُؤْمِنَانِ al-muʔmināni	مُؤْمِنَتَانِ muʔminatāni	الْمُؤْمِنَتَانِ al-muʔminatāni
Accusative	مُؤْمِنَيْنِ muʔminayni	الْمُؤْمِنَيْنِ al-muʔminayni	مُؤْمِنَتَيْنِ muʔminatayni	الْمُؤْمِنَتَيْنِ al-muʔminatayni
Genitive	مُؤْمِنَيْنِ muʔminayni	الْمُؤْمِنَيْنِ al-muʔminayni	مُؤْمِنَتَيْنِ muʔminatayni	الْمُؤْمِنَتَيْنِ al-muʔminatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُؤْمِنِين muʔminīn	الْمُؤْمِنِين al-muʔminīn	مُؤْمِنَات muʔmināt	الْمُؤْمِنَات al-muʔmināt
Nominative	مُؤْمِنُونَ muʔminūna	الْمُؤْمِنُونَ al-muʔminūna	مُؤْمِنَاتٌ muʔminātun	الْمُؤْمِنَاتُ al-muʔminātu
Accusative	مُؤْمِنِينَ muʔminīna	الْمُؤْمِنِينَ al-muʔminīna	مُؤْمِنَاتٍ muʔminātin	الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ al-muʔmināti
Genitive	مُؤْمِنِينَ muʔminīna	الْمُؤْمِنِينَ al-muʔminīna	مُؤْمِنَاتٍ muʔminātin	الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ al-muʔmināti

Descendants

• → Gulf Arabic: مؤمن (muʔmin) (learned)
• → Azerbaijani: mömin
• → Bashkir: мөьмин (möʹmin)
• → Bengali: মুমিন (mumin)
• → English: mu'min
• → Malay: mukmin
  • → Indonesian: mukmin
• → Ottoman Turkish: مؤمن (mümin)
  • Turkish: mümin
• → Persian: مؤمن (mo'men)
• → Swahili: muumini
• → Uzbek: moʻmin

Proper noun

مُؤْمِن • (muʔmin) m

1. a male given name, Mumin

Descendants

• → Turkish: Mümin

Etymology 2

Derived from the passive participle of the verb آمَنَ (ʔāmana, “to believe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muʔ.man/

Participle

مُؤْمَن • (muʔman) (form IV)

1. passive participle of آمَنَ (ʔāmana)

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “ءمن”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُؤْمِن (muʔmin).

Noun

مؤمن • (mümin)

1. believer

Descendants

• Turkish: mümin

Persian

Alternative forms

• مومن

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُؤْمِن (muʔmin).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [muʔ.min]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mo̞ʔ.mɪn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mo̞ʔ.mɪn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [moː.mɪn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mʊː.min]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [moʔ.men]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mɵʔ.min]

Readings
Classical reading?	mu'min
Dari reading?	mo'min
Iranian reading?	mo'men
Tajik reading?	müʾmin

Noun

Dari	مؤمن
Iranian Persian
Tajik	мӯъмин

مؤمن • (mo'men) (plural مؤمنان (mo'menân) or مؤمن‌ها (mo'men-hâ) or مؤمنین (mo'menin))

1. believer, especially in Islam

   Synonym: ایمان‌دار (imân-dâr)

Adjective

مؤمن • (mo'men) (comparative مؤمن‌تَر (mo'men-tar), superlative مؤمن‌تَرین (mo'men-tarin))

1. faithful, religious

   Synonym: معتقد (mo'taqed)