imam
1. imam, prayer leader. 2. imam, one of the twelve divinely inspired leaders of the Shi´a. 3. imam, a leader regarded as a successor to the Twelve Imams: İmam Humeyni. 4. imam, a founder of one of the orthodox schools of Islamic law: İmam Şafii. 5. imam, a respected Islamic theological sage: İmam Gazali. 6. Imam (a title of the caliph). -- evi colloq. prison for women. -- hatip okulu secondary school for the training of Islamic religious personnel. --ın/-- kayığı slang coffin. --ın kayığına binmek slang to die, kick the bucket. -- nikâhı wedding performed by an imam. -- osurursa, cemaat sıçar. proverb If a leader makes a small mistake, his followers will then make big mistakes. -- suyu slang raki.