أمير
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Arabic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ء م ر (ʔ-m-r), meaning to command, to order, to instruct, to state or tell, to enjoin or bid, to mandate or exhort, to demand, to delegate responsibility.[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]أَمِير • (ʔamīr) m (plural أُمَرَاء (ʔumarāʔ), feminine أَمِيرَة (ʔamīra))
Declension
[edit]Declension of noun أَمِير (ʔamīr)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | أَمِير ʔamīr |
الْأَمِير al-ʔamīr |
أَمِير ʔamīr |
Nominative | أَمِيرٌ ʔamīrun |
الْأَمِيرُ al-ʔamīru |
أَمِيرُ ʔamīru |
Accusative | أَمِيرًا ʔamīran |
الْأَمِيرَ al-ʔamīra |
أَمِيرَ ʔamīra |
Genitive | أَمِيرٍ ʔamīrin |
الْأَمِيرِ al-ʔamīri |
أَمِيرِ ʔamīri |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | أَمِيرَيْن ʔamīrayn |
الْأَمِيرَيْن al-ʔamīrayn |
أَمِيرَيْ ʔamīray |
Nominative | أَمِيرَانِ ʔamīrāni |
الْأَمِيرَانِ al-ʔamīrāni |
أَمِيرَا ʔamīrā |
Accusative | أَمِيرَيْنِ ʔamīrayni |
الْأَمِيرَيْنِ al-ʔamīrayni |
أَمِيرَيْ ʔamīray |
Genitive | أَمِيرَيْنِ ʔamīrayni |
الْأَمِيرَيْنِ al-ʔamīrayni |
أَمِيرَيْ ʔamīray |
Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | أُمَرَاء ʔumarāʔ |
الْأُمَرَاء al-ʔumarāʔ |
أُمَرَاء ʔumarāʔ |
Nominative | أُمَرَاءُ ʔumarāʔu |
الْأُمَرَاءُ al-ʔumarāʔu |
أُمَرَاءُ ʔumarāʔu |
Accusative | أُمَرَاءَ ʔumarāʔa |
الْأُمَرَاءَ al-ʔumarāʔa |
أُمَرَاءَ ʔumarāʔa |
Genitive | أُمَرَاءَ ʔumarāʔa |
الْأُمَرَاءِ al-ʔumarāʔi |
أُمَرَاءِ ʔumarāʔi |
Derived terms
[edit]- أمير البحر
- أَمِير الْمُؤْمِنِين (ʔamīr al-muʔminīn)
- إِمَارَة (ʔimāra)
Descendants
[edit]- → Azerbaijani: əmir
- → Bashkir: әмир (əmir)
- → Bengali: আমীর (amīr)
- → Byzantine Greek: ἀμιράς (amirás)
- → Chagatai: امیر
- Classical Syriac: ܐܡܝܪܐ
- → Chinese: → 埃米爾/埃米尔 (āimǐ'ěr) (transliteration)
- → English: amir
- → Georgian: ამირი (amiri)
- → Hindustani:
- → Japanese: アミール (amīru)
- → Kazakh: әмір (ämır)
- → Korean: 아미르 (amireu)
- → Maranao: amir
- → Medieval Latin: amiralis
- → Medieval Latin: admiralis
- → Ottoman Turkish: امیر (emir)
- Turkish: emîr
- → Belarusian: эмір (emir)
- → Czech: emir
- → Danish: emir
- → Dutch: emir
- → English: emir
- → Finnish: emiiri
- → French: émir
- → German: Emir
- → Greek: εμίρης (emíris)
- → Hungarian: emír
- → Italian: emiro
- → Latvian: emīrs
- → Lithuanian: emyras
- → Norwegian Bokmål: emir
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: emir
- → Polish: emir
- → Portuguese: emir
- → Romanian: emir
- → Russian: эмир (emir)
- → Spanish: emir, amir (rare, directly from Arabic)
- → Tagalog: emir
- → Swedish: emir
- → Ukrainian: емір (emir)
- → Ottoman Turkish: آمر (amir)
- Turkish: amir
- → Persian: امیر (amir)
- → Punjabi:
- → Swahili: amiri
- → Tatar: әмир (ämir)
References
[edit]- ^ “أمر” in Edward William Lane (1863), Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 95-99, meaning to command, to order, to state or tell, to counsel or advise, to enjoin or bid, to mandate or exhort, to demand, to delegate responsibility; originates in hunting, the leader of the hunting party who would give orders and commands, guide people into position.
- ^ Wehr, Hans (1979) “ءمر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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