أمر

Cognate to Hebrew אמר (amár, “to say”). Compare also Ugaritic 𐎀𐎎𐎗 (ảmr) and Akkadian 𒀀𒈠𒀀𒀸 (amārum, “to see, to watch”).

أَمَرَ • (ʔamara) I (non-past يَأْمُرُ (yaʔmuru), verbal noun أَمْر (ʔamr))

1. to order, to command, to bid, to instruct
2. to commission, to charge, to entrust

• نَهَى (nahā)

• Maltese: amar

أَمَرَ or أَمُرَ • (ʔamara or ʔamura) I (non-past يَأْمُرُ (yaʔmuru), verbal noun إِمَارَة (ʔimāra))
أَمِرَ • (ʔamira) I (non-past يَأْمَرُ (yaʔmaru), verbal noun أَمْر (ʔamr) or أَمَر (ʔamar) or إِمَارَة (ʔimāra))

1. to become an emir

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “أمر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
• “أمر” in Almaany

أَمِرَ • (ʔamira) I (non-past يَأْمَرُ (yaʔmaru), verbal noun أَمَر (ʔamar) or أَمَرَة (ʔamara) or أُمَارَة (ʔumāra)) (intransitive)

1. to grow, to become abundant (of a thing)
2. to become wealthy (of a person)
3. to become urgent (of an issue)

• “أمر” in Almaany

Causative of أَمَرَ (ʔamara, “to become an emir”) and أَمُرَ (ʔamura, “(same)”).

أَمَّرَ • (ʔammara) II (non-past يُؤَمِّرُ (yuʔammiru), verbal noun تَأْمِير (taʔmīr))

1. to invest with authority, to make an emir

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أَمْر • (ʔamr) m (dual أَمْرَانِ (ʔamrāni), plural أَوَامِر (ʔawāmir))

1. verbal noun of أَمَرَ (ʔamara) (form I)
2. order, command, instruction

   Antonym: نَهْي (nahy)

3. ordinance, decree
4. power, authority
5. (grammar) imperative

   Antonym: نَهْي (nahy)

   لَام الْأَمْر ― lām al-ʔamr ― imperative lām

6. (computing) a command

• (verbal noun of أَمَرَ (ʔamara)): أُولُي الْأَمْرْ (ʔūluy al-ʔamr)

أَمْر • (ʔamr) m (dual أَمْرَانِ (ʔamrāni), plural أُمُور (ʔumūr))

1. matter, affair, concern
2. thing(?), something(?)

   وجمال الأشخاص هو أمر يؤثّر بالمشاعر ويولّد الانجذاب نحو الآخرين.

   The beauty of people is something that affects feelings and generates attraction

• سَفَاسِفُ الْأُمُورِ (safāsifu l-ʔumūri)

• → Afar: ámri
• → Ottoman Turkish: امر (emir)
  • Turkish: emir
• → Persian: امر (amr)
  • → Azerbaijani: əmr
  • → Urdu: اَمْر (amr)
• → Swahili: amri

Elative of مُرّ (murr, “bitter, severe, sharp, painful”) and مَرِير (marīr, “firm, strong”).

أَمَرّ • (ʔamarr) (feminine مُرَّى (murrā))

1. elative degree of مَرِير (marīr):
   1. firmer, stronger; firmest, strongest
2. elative degree of مُرّ (murr):
   1. bitterer; bitterest
   2. more severe; most severe
   3. sharper; sharpest
   4. more painful; most painful

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “مر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

أمر (form I)

1. أَمُرُّ (ʔamurru) /ʔa.mur.ru/: first-person singular non-past active indicative of مَرَّ (marra)
2. أَمُرَّ (ʔamurra) /ʔa.mur.ra/: first-person singular non-past active subjunctive/jussive of مَرَّ (marra)
3. أَمُرِّ (ʔamurri) /ʔa.mur.ri/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of مَرَّ (marra)
4. أَمَرُّ (ʔamarru) /ʔa.mar.ru/: first-person singular non-past active indicative of مَرَّ (marra)
5. أَمَرَّ (ʔamarra) /ʔa.mar.ra/: first-person singular non-past active subjunctive/jussive of مَرَّ (marra)
6. أَمَرِّ (ʔamarri) /ʔa.mar.ri/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of مَرَّ (marra)

From Arabic أَمَرَ (ʔamara).

• IPA^(key): /ʔa.mar/, [ˈʔɑ.mɑrˤ]

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أمر • (ʔamar) I (present بؤمر (boʔmor))

1. to order, to command