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firman

[ fur-muhn, fer-mahn ]

noun

plural firmans.
  1. an edict or administrative order issued by or in the name of a Middle Eastern sovereign (formerly by an Ottoman Turkish sultan).


firman

/ fɜːˈmɑːn; ˈfɜː- /

noun

  1. an edict of an Oriental sovereign
  2. any authoritative grant of permission
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of firman1

1610–20; < Turkish ferman < Persian farmān
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Word History and Origins

Origin of firman1

C17: from Persian fermān
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Example Sentences

In the early 1980s, Senna lived in a bungalow in Eaton on the edge of Norwich while driving for Ralph Firman's Van Diemen company, based at Snetterton, before moving on to Team Lotus.

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"In 2014, there was a slogan, 'Jokowi is one of us'. He was not a typical Indonesian politician," said political analyst Firman Noor from Indonesia's National Research and Innovation Agency.

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Robert Firman, said that in his Wednesday remarks, Hecker was just referring to the air component perspective and was not addressing the overall counterterrorism program in Niger.

“Just bugging them just enough,” Firman, the club’s director of analytics, said with a laugh.

“I think Topa was unique to even the other under-the-radar relievers acquisitions that we’ve made,” Firman said.

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