amanat
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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
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- 8
- Words With Friends
- 10
- Letters
- 6
/æməˈnɑːt/
Definition of amanat
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(historical)A Native American hostage taken by Russian colonists.
“Kuznetsov — his Aleut name is unknown — had been given to Russian fur traders as an amanat (hostage).”
“According to Davydov (1812, 2:54, 132), the chief of the Ugalakhmiut Eyak specially came to Kodiak for a meeting with his son, who was an amanat among the Russians.”
“Toion Fedor accepted Orthodoxy in the winter of 1795–96 when he lived at Kodiak as an amanat.”
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Etymology
Borrowed from Russian амана́т (amanát, “hostage”), via a Turkic language from Arabic أَمَانَة (ʔamāna, “surety”).
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