امارت

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic إِمَارَة (ʔimāra).

Noun

امارت • (emâret) (plural امارات)

  1. an acting as emir, chief or leader
  2. chieftainship; leadership
  3. the territory of a chief; a principality

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Turkish: emaret

Further reading

Pashto

Etymology

From Arabic إِمَارَة (ʔimāra).

Noun

امارت • (imārátm

  1. emirate, principality

Persian

Etymology

    Borrowed from Arabic إِمَارَة (ʔimāra), from أَمَرَ (ʔamara).

    Pronunciation

     

    Readings
    Classical reading? imārat
    Dari reading? imārat
    Iranian reading? emârat
    Tajik reading? imorat

    Noun

    امارت • (imārat / emârat) (plural امارات (imārāt / emârât), Tajik spelling иморат)

    1. emirate

    Descendants

    Further reading

    Urdu

    Etymology

      Borrowed from Classical Persian اِمَارَت (imārat), borrowed from Arabic إِمَارَة (ʔimāra), from أَمَرَ (ʔamara).

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      اِمارَت • (imāratf (Hindi spelling इमारत)

      1. possession of command; the office, and authority of a commander, governor, etc. (amīr)
      2. district under the authority of a governor
      3. a government
      4. command, authority, power, dominion, rule, sovereignty
      5. dignity, grandeur, state, magnificence, pomp, display
      6. increase, abundance, prosperity

      Further reading

      • امارت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
      • Platts, John T. (1884) “امارت”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.