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Imad
عمادSay it i-MAAD
- Meaning
- A tent pole; a column or pillar of a house Lane, p. 2152
- Say it
- i-MAAD
- Written
- عماد
- Other spellings
- Imaad, Emad
Imad
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Imad meaning
Imad (عماد) is a Muslim boy's name of Arabic origin.
A tent pole; a column or pillar of a house
Imad (عماد) is the Arabic ʿimād, from the root ʿ-m-d, "to prop up or support". Lane defines it as the pole of a tent and as a column or pillar of a house or similar building: the thing that holds a structure up. The Quran speaks of Iram dhāt al-ʿimād, "Iram of the pillars" (89:7), the city of the ancient people of ʿĀd. Name lists give Imad as "pillar" or "support", matching the dictionary. The word often begins honorific names such as ʿImād al-Dīn, "pillar of the faith", borne by the twelfth-century ruler ʿImād al-Dīn Zangī of Mosul and Aleppo.
Source: Lane, An Arabic–English Lexicon, Book I, Part 5 (1874), p. 2152 · entry ʿimād (عِمَادٌ), root ʿ-m-d · See the entry
In the Quran: 89:7 (al-ʿimād (ٱلْعِمَادِ)) · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Lane, ʿ-m-d, p. 2152 (Part 5 scan, leaf 436) · Quran 89:7 · Britannica, Zangī
Famous namesakes
- ʿImād al-Dīn Zangī, 12th-century ruler of Mosul and Aleppo
Spellings
Imad · Imaad · Emad