amanat

/æməˈnɑːt/

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian амана́т (amanát, “hostage”), via a Turkic language from Arabic أَمَانَة (ʔamāna, “surety”).

noun

A Native American hostage taken by Russian colonists.“Kuznetsov — his Aleut name is unknown — had been given to Russian fur traders as an amanat (hostage).”