emir

See also: Emir, emír, and émir

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French emir, from Arabic أَمِير‎ (ʾamīr, “commander, prince”). Akin to amir, Amir and admiral.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Noun

emir (plural usually emirs, rarely umara)

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

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

Anagrams

Catalan

Noun

emir m (plural emirs)

  1. emir

Danish

Etymology

From Arabic أَمِير‎ (ʾamīr, “commander, prince”).

Noun

emir c (singular definite emiren, plural indefinite emirer)

  1. an emir (Islamic prince or leader)

Declension

References

Dutch

Etymology

From Arabic أَمِير‎ (ʾamīr, “commander, prince”).

Noun

emir m (plural emirs)

  1. emir (Islamic prince or leader)

Derived terms

References

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Arabic أَمِير‎ (ʾamīr, “commander, prince”).

Noun

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

  1. an emir (Islamic prince or leader)

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Arabic أَمِير‎ (ʾamīr, “commander, prince”).

Noun

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

  1. an emir (Islamic prince or leader)

References

Polish

Etymology

From Arabic أَمِير‎ (ʾamīr, “commander, prince”).

Noun

emir m pers

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

Declension

Portuguese

Etymology

From Arabic أَمِير‎ (ʾamīr, “commander, prince”).

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /e.ˈmiʁ/

Noun

emir m (plural emires)

  1. emir (Islamic prince or leader)

Spanish

Alternative forms

  • amir (archaic, rare)

Etymology

From Arabic أَمِير‎ (ʾamīr, “commander, prince”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eˈmiɾ/

Noun

emir m (plural emires)

  1. emir

Derived terms

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

From Arabic أَمِير‎ (ʾamīr, “commander, prince”).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -iːr

Noun

emir c

  1. an emir (Islamic prince or leader)

Declension

Declension of emir 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative emir emiren emirer emirerna
Genitive emirs emirens emirers emirernas

Turkish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [emiɾ]
  • Hyphenation: e‧mir

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish امر‎ (emir), from Arabic أَمْر‎ (ʾamr).

Noun

emir (definite accusative emri, plural emirler)

  1. command
  2. order
Declension
Inflection
Nominative emir
Definite accusative emri
Singular Plural
Nominative emir emirler
Definite accusative emri emirleri
Dative emre emirlere
Locative emirde emirlerde
Ablative emirden emirlerden
Genitive emrin emirlerin
Possessive forms
Singular Plural
1st singular emrim emirlerim
2nd singular emrin emirlerin
3rd singular emri emirleri
1st plural emrimiz emirlerimiz
2nd plural emriniz emirleriniz
3rd plural emirleri emirleri
Synonyms
  • (order): buyruk
  • (command): komut

Etymology 2

From Arabic أَمِيرْ‎ (ʾamīr).

Noun

emir (definite accusative emiri, plural emirler)

  1. commander
  2. prince, ruler
Declension
Inflection
Nominative emir
Definite accusative emiri
Singular Plural
Nominative emir emirler
Definite accusative emiri emirleri
Dative emire emirlere
Locative emirde emirlerde
Ablative emirden emirlerden
Genitive emirin emirlerin
Possessive forms
Singular Plural
1st singular emirim emirlerim
2nd singular emirin emirlerin
3rd singular emiri emirleri
1st plural emirimiz emirlerimiz
2nd plural emiriniz emirleriniz
3rd plural emirleri emirleri
Predicative forms
Singular Plural
1st singular emirim emirlerim
2nd singular emirsin emirlersin
3rd singular emir
emirdir		 emirler
emirlerdir
1st plural emiriz emirleriz
2nd plural emirsiniz emirlersiniz
3rd plural emirler emirlerdir
Derived terms
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