firman
/ˈfɜɹ.mən/noun
firman is spelled F-I-R-M-A-N: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 86,301st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, firman means “a royal decree issued by a sovereign in certain historical Islamic states, especially by the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of firman is firmans.
How many letters and syllables are in firman?
| Letters | 6: F-I-R-M-A-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 8 million words; the 86,301st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is firman?
Firman appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 86,301st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce firman?
- UK /ˈfɜː.mən/
- US /ˈfɜɹ.mən/
- US [ˈfɝ.mən]
Firman has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with firman?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as firman from its last stressed vowel (/ɜɹmən/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of firman
- firmans plural
- farman
- ferman
- pharmaund
- phirmaund
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does firman mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
a royal decree issued by a sovereign in certain historical Islamic states, especially by the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does firman come from?
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish فرمان (fermân), from Classical Persian فرمان (farmān, “command, order, decree”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).