Arabic - English Dictionary أَمَة
Root: أ م وArabic English Dictionary: meaning and translation for أَمَة (amh-2)
ج إماء :
Translation:
pl. ima' :
جارية، امرأةٌ مملوكة عكسها حُرَّة
Translation:
A female slave, bondwoman, the opposite of a free woman
للحرَّة والمملوكة، كما يُقال : ياعبدَ الله.
Translation:
Used for both free and enslaved women, as one says: O servant of Allah.
خادمة
Translation:
Female servant
Example / Citation:
" {وَلأَمَةٌ مُؤْمِنَةٌ خَيْرٌ مِنْ مُشْرِكَةٍ وَلَوْ أَعْجَبَتْكُمْ} "
Translation:
" {And a believing slave woman is better than a polytheist, even though she might amaze you} "