আমীর

Bengali

Alternative forms

  • আমির (amir)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander, prince”). Compare মীর (mir), which was borrowed via Persian.

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /amiɾ/, [ˈamiɾ]

Noun

আমীর • (amir)

  1. the leader of a political party
  2. noble, wealthy person
    কে আমীর তুমি নওয়াব বাদ্‌শা বালাখানার
    ke amir tumi nôẇab bad‌śa balakhanar
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    - Kazi Nazrul Islam

Derived terms

  • আমীরা (amira)
  • আমীরজাদা (amirjada)
  • আমীরি (amiri)
  • আমীরানা (amirana)

Proper noun

আমীর • (amir)

  1. a male given name, Ameer or Amir, from Arabic

References

  • “আমীর”, in Accessible Dictionary [Bengali-English], Bangladesh: Young Power in Social Action (YPSA), 2018.
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