امر

• اَمَہ (ama)

Derived from Proto-Dravidian *yĀH.

اَمَر (amar)

1. how? in what manner? by what means?
2. what kind of?

   دَا اَمَرو چُکَّس اے

   dā amaro cukkas e

   What kind of bird is this?

• اَمَرِی (amarī)

• Bray, Denys (1934) “amar”, in The Brahui Language‎^[1], Calcutta, India: Superintendent Government Printing, Part II: The Brāhūī Problem; Part III: Etymological Vocabulary, page 52
• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “5151”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

• (mispelling) اَمِرْ (emir)

Cognate to Karakhanid اِنْڭِرْ (iŋir).

اِمِرْ (imir)

1. twilight
2. rime, fog, mist

• Turkmen: ümür

• al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks”] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, volume I, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, pages 54, 94

Borrowed from Arabic أَمْر (ʔamr, “order, command”), verbal noun of أَمَرَ (ʔamara, “to order, command”).

امر • (emr, emir) (definite accusative امری (emri, emiri), plural اوامر (evâmir))

1. command, order, an action or inaction that must be obeyed, mandated by someone in authority

   Synonyms: بیورق (buyuruk), فرمان (ferman)

2. decree, edict, a proclamation issued by a head of state or monarch, according to some procedures

   Synonym: قرارنامه (kararname)

3. (in general) affair, matter, concern, business, any activity or objective which is done or is to be done

• Turkish: emir

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “emir 1”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “emir2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1432
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “emr”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[2] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 260
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “امر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[3] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 145b
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Mandatum”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[4], Vienna, column 999
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “امر”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[5], Vienna, column 417
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “emir1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “امر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[6], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 198

Borrowed from Arabic أَمْر (ʔamr).

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امر • (amr) (plural امور (omur))

1. affair, matter, business

امر • (amr) (plural اوامر (avâmer))

1. order, command

   Synonym: دستور (dastur)

   • c. 1260, Rumi, “4:578”, in The Masnavi:

     آفتاب از امر حق طباخ ماست، ابلهی باشد که گوییم او خداست.

     āftāb az amr-i haqq tabbāx-i mā-st, ablahī bāšad ki gōyēm ō xudā-st

     by the order of Truth [i.e. God], the Sun is our cook; it would be folly if we say it is God.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

• → Azerbaijani: əmr
• → Urdu: اَمْر (amr)

Borrowed from Classical Persian امر (amr), from Arabic أَمْر (ʔamr).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /əmɾ/

اَمْر • (amr) m (Hindi spelling अम्र)

1. affair, matter, transaction, business
2. command, order
3. point, fact, case, thing
4. permission, allowance

• “امر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “امر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.