emir

• amir
• ameer, amier, emeer, admiral (all archaic)

From Middle French emir, from Ottoman Turkish امیر (emir), from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander, prince”). Doublet of amir, Amir, admiral, and amira.

• IPA^(key): /ɛˈmɪə(ɹ)/, /ˈɛmɪə(ɹ)/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

emir (plural emirs or (rare) umara)

1. A prince, commander or other leader or ruler in an Islamic nation.
2. A descendant of the prophet Muhammad.

• emir on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• IMer, Meir, Meri, Mire, Remi, meri, mire, reim, riem, rime

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əˈmir]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [eˈmir]

emir m (plural emirs)

1. emir

From Arabic أَمْر (ʔamr).

• Hyphenation: e‧mir

emir

1. order

• “emir”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

From Ottoman Turkish امیر (emir), from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander, prince”).

emir c (singular definite emiren, plural indefinite emirer)

1. emir (an Islamic prince or leader)

• “emir” in Den Danske Ordbog

From French émir, from Ottoman Turkish امیر (emir), from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander, prince”). Doublet of admiraal.

• IPA^(key): /ˈeː.mir/, [ˈeː.mir], [ˈeɪ̯.mir]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: emir

emir m (plural emirs)

1. emir (an Islamic prince or leader)

• emiraat

• M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

• IPA^(key): /ɛˈmiɾ/ [ɛˈmiɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Hyphenation: e‧mir

emir m (plural emires)

1. emir

• emirato

• “emir”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

• emīrus

Borrowed from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander, prince”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɛ.miːr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɛː.mir]

emīr m (genitive emīris); third declension

1. (New Latin)

Third-declension noun.

• emīrātus

emir in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

From Ottoman Turkish امیر (emir), from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander, prince”).

emir m (definite singular emiren, indefinite plural emirer, definite plural emirene)

1. emir (an Islamic prince or leader)

• “emir” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Ottoman Turkish امیر (emir), from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander, prince”).

emir m (definite singular emiren, indefinite plural emirar, definite plural emirane)

1. emir (an Islamic prince or leader)

• “emir” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish امیر.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.mir/

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• Rhymes: -ɛmir
• Syllabification: e‧mir
• Homophone: Emir

emir m pers

1. emir (title of a prince, commander, or other leader or ruler in an Islamic nation)

   Hypernym: władca

2. (historical) emir (commander of armies in Arab countries until the 7th century; later: grand-governor of a conquered province)

• emir in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• emir in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• emir in PWN's encyclopedia

• amir

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish امیر (emir), from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander, prince”).

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -iʁ, (Portugal, São Paulo) -iɾ
• Hyphenation: e‧mir

emir m (plural emires)

1. emir (an Islamic prince or leader)

• irem, riem

• емир (emir) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Borrowed from French émir, from Ottoman Turkish امیر (emir), from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr).

• IPA^(key): /eˈmir/
• Rhymes: -ir
• Hyphenation: e‧mir

emir m (plural emiri)

1. emir

• amir (rare, directly from Arabic)

From Ottoman Turkish امیر (emir), from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander, prince”).

• IPA^(key): /eˈmiɾ/ [eˈmiɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: e‧mir

emir m (plural emires)

1. emir

• → Tagalog: emir

• “emir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• emir on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

From Ottoman Turkish امیر (emir), from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander, prince”).

• Rhymes: -iːr

emir c

1. emir (an Islamic prince or leader)

• remi

Borrowed from Spanish emir (“emir”), from Ottoman Turkish امیر (emir), from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔeˈmiɾ/ [ʔɛˈmɪɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: e‧mir

emír (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜋᜒᜇ᜔)

1. emir

• “emir”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

• IPA^(key): /eˈmiɾ/
• Hyphenation: e‧mir

From Ottoman Turkish امر (emr), from Arabic أَمْر (ʔamr).

emir (definite accusative emri, plural emirler)

1. command
2. order

• (order): buyruk
• (command): komut

emir (definite accusative emiri, plural emirler)

1. misspelling of emîr