Fir'man or Fir-mān', n.

n.; pl. FIR'MANS. [Pers. fermān, Skr. pramāṇa, measure, judgment, authority, from pra, inseparable preposition, Gr. πρό, Lat. pro, Pers. fer, and Skr. mā, to measure, suffix man.] A decree of the Turkish or other Oriental government: a royal order or grant; — generally given for special objects, as to a traveler to insure him protection and assistance. [Written also firmam.]