امارت
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From Arabic إِمَارَة (ʔimāra).
Noun
امارت • (emâret) (plural امارات)
- an acting as emir, chief or leader
- chieftainship; leadership
- the territory of a chief; a principality
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Turkish: emaret
Further reading
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “امارت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 193
Pashto
Etymology
From Arabic إِمَارَة (ʔimāra).
Noun
امارت • (imārát) m
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic إِمَارَة (ʔimāra), from أَمَرَ (ʔamara).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ʔi.maː.ˈɾat/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɪ.mɑː.ɾät̪]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔe.mɒː.ɹæt̪]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔi.mɔ.ɾät̪]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | imārat |
| Dari reading? | imārat |
| Iranian reading? | emârat |
| Tajik reading? | imorat |
- Homophone: عمارت (imārāt / emârât)
Noun
امارت • (imārat / emârat) (plural امارات (imārāt / emârât), Tajik spelling иморат)
Descendants
- → Hindustani:
- → Punjabi:
Further reading
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “امارت”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “امارت”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian اِمَارَت (imārat), borrowed from Arabic إِمَارَة (ʔimāra), from أَمَرَ (ʔamara).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɪ.mɑː.ɾət̪/
- Homophone: عِمارَت ('imārat)
Noun
اِمارَت • (imārat) f (Hindi spelling इमारत)
- possession of command; the office, and authority of a commander, governor, etc. (amīr)
- district under the authority of a governor
- a government
- command, authority, power, dominion, rule, sovereignty
- dignity, grandeur, state, magnificence, pomp, display
- 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.