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firman

UK/ˈfɜː.mən/US/ˈfɜɹ.mən/

firman noun: a royal decree issued by a sovereign in certain historical Islamic states, especially by the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.

firman: a royal decree issued by a sovereign in certain historical Islamic states, especially by the Sultan...
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Noun

firman (plural firmans)

  1. (historical) a royal decree issued by a sovereign in certain historical Islamic states, especially by the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
    • his Sublimity's firman, The most imperative of sovereign spells, / Which every body does without who can […]1821 August 8, [Lord Byron], Don Juan, Cantos III, IV, and V, London: […] Thomas Davison, […], →OCLC, canto IV, (please specify the stanza number)
    • He managed to obtain from the vizier a firman bearing the Emir's personal seal and ordering all Bokharan officials to assist the party in every way possible.1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 134

Proper noun capitalized: Firman

Firman

  1. A surname transferred from the given name.

firman meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

firman in Hindi

Translations
फ़रमान farmān, फरमान pharmān

firman in Tamil

firman, written order, mandate, warrant
பரமானா paramāṉā

firman in Marathi

Translations
फर्मान pharmān

firman in Urdu

Translations
فرمان farmān
More languagesFewer languages
firman in Bengali
ফরমান phoroman
firman in Telugu
ఫర్మానా pharmānā
firman in Kannada
ಫರ್ಮಾನು pharmānu
firman in Punjabi
ਫ਼ਰਮਾਨ farmān, فَرمان farmān
firman in Gujarati
ફરમાન pharmān

Forms of firman

pluralfirmans
alternative formfarman
alternative formferman
alternative formpharmaund
alternative formphirmaund

Origin of firman

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish فرمان (fermân), from Classical Persian فرمان (farmān, “command, order, decree”).

Variant of Firmin.

Questions about firman

What does firman mean?
Firman means a royal decree issued by a sovereign in certain historical Islamic states, especially by the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
What is firman in Hindi?
Firman in Hindi is फ़रमान (farmān), फरमान (pharmān). See Firman meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is firman?
Firman can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce firman?
Firman is pronounced /ˈfɜː.mən/ (UK).
What is the plural of firman?
The plural of firman is firmans.

Words near firman in the dictionary

  1. firmament
  2. firmament-wards
  3. firmamental
  4. firmamentary
  5. firmaments
  6. firman
  7. firmans
  8. firmaun
  9. firmauns
  10. firmed
  11. firmed up

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: firman (page history and authors); Firman (page history and authors); பரமானா (Tamil) (page history and authors); ఫర్మానా (Telugu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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