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ضَمان

guarantee /dˤaˈmaːn/

nounB1#2915 most common

Also: warranty, surety, social security (in the compound الضمان الاجتماعي)

Example sentences

هذا الجهاز له ضَمان سنة.
This device has a one-year warranty.
اشتريت الثلاجة مع ضَمان لمدة سنتين.
I bought the fridge with a two-year warranty.
احتفظ بورقة الضَمان في حال احتجت إلى إصلاح الجهاز.
Keep the warranty paper in case you need to repair the device.
يوفر الضَمان الاجتماعي دعماً مالياً للعاطلين عن العمل.
Social security provides financial support to the unemployed.
طالب المحامي بضَمانات قانونية تكفل حقوق المتهم أثناء المحاكمة.
The lawyer demanded legal guarantees that secure the defendant's rights during the trial.
تسعى الحكومة إلى إصلاح نظام الضَمان الاجتماعي لمواجهة التحديات الديمغرافية المقبلة.
The government is seeking to reform the social security system to face coming demographic challenges.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeضَمانٌضَماناتٌ
Genitiveضَمانٍضَماناتٍ
Accusativeضَماناًضَماناتٍ
Vocativeيا ضَمانُيا ضَماناتُ

Word family

ضَمِنَto guarantee, be liable for, contain
ضامنguarantor
مضمونguaranteed; content, substance
تضمينinclusion, incorporation
ضِمْنwithin, among

Etymology

ضَمان comes from the Arabic triliteral root ض-م-ن, whose verb ضَمِنَ means to guarantee, to be liable for, or to contain. ضَمان is the maṣdar, the verbal noun, built on the فَعَال pattern, and it names the act or state of guaranteeing. Arabic is a Semitic language, not an Indo-European one, so it has no Proto-Indo-European root or European cognates.

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