amanat

Borrowed from Russian амана́т (amanát, “hostage”), via a Turkic language from Arabic أَمَانَة‎ (ʔamāna, “surety”).

• IPA^(key): /æməˈnɑːt/
• Hyphenation: a‧ma‧nat

amanat (plural amanats or amanaty)

1. (historical) A Native American hostage taken by Russian colonists.
   • 1990, Richard A. Pierce, Russian America: A Biographical Dictionary, page xvii:

     Kuznetsov — his Aleut name is unknown — had been given to Russian fur traders as an amanat (hostage).

   • 2002, European Review of Native American Studies:

     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.

   • 2005, Grinev, The Tlingit Indians in Russian America, 1741-1867, page 260:

     Toion Fedor accepted Orthodoxy in the winter of 1795–96 when he lived at Kodiak as an amanat.

From Malay amanat, from Classical Malay امانت‎ (amanat), from Classical Persian امانت‎ (amānat), from Arabic أَمَانَة‎ (ʔamāna).[1] Doublet of amanah.

• IPA^(key): /ˈamanat̚/
• Rhymes: -nat, -at, -t
• Hyphenation: ama‧nat

amanat (plural amanat-amanat, first-person possessive amanatku, second-person possessive amanatmu, third-person possessive amanatnya)

1. message:
   1. (communication, linguistics) a communication, or what is communicated; any concept or information conveyed.

      amanat anggaran ― budget message

      Synonym: pesan

   2. (literature) an underlying theme or conclusion to be drawn from something.

      Synonym: pesan

2. statement

   Synonym: keterangan

3. instruction; advice; guidance

   Synonym: wejangan

• “amanat” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.