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Firman

//ˈfɜː.mən// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname transferred from the given name.
Noun
  1. 1
    A royal decree issued by a sovereign in certain historical Islamic states, especially by the Sultan of Turkey.

    "his Sublimity's firman, The most imperative of sovereign spells, / Which every body does without who can […]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish فرمان (ferman), from Persian فرمان (farmân, “command, order, decree”).

Etymology 2

Variant of Firmin.

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