"emir" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɛˈmɪə(ɹ)/, /ˈɛmɪə(ɹ)/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-emir.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-emir2.wav [Southern-England] Forms: emirs [plural], umara [plural, rare]
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle French emir, from Ottoman Turkish امیر (emir), from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander, prince”). Doublet of amir, Amir, admiral, and amira. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ar|ء م ر}}, {{bor|en|frm|emir}} Middle French emir, {{der|en|ota|امیر|tr=emir}} Ottoman Turkish امیر (emir), {{der|en|ar|أَمِير||commander, prince}} Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander, prince”), {{doublet|en|amir|Amir|admiral|amira}} Doublet of amir, Amir, admiral, and amira Head templates: {{head|en|noun|plural|emirs|or|umara|f2qual=rare}} emir (plural emirs or (rare) umara)
  1. A prince, commander or other leader or ruler in an Islamic nation. Categories (topical): Islam Translations (Islamic prince or leader): أَمِير (ʔamīr) [masculine] (Arabic), 𐡀‬𐡌𐡉𐡓 (alt: ʾ‬myr) [Hebrew] (Aramaic), ܐܡܝܪ [Syriac] (Aramaic), ܐܡܝܖ [Syriac, archaic] (Aramaic), ամիրա (amira) (Armenian), ամիր (amir) (Armenian), էմիր (ēmir) (Armenian), əmir (Azerbaijani), әмир (əmir) (Bashkir), эмі́р (emír) [masculine] (Belarusian), আমীর (amīr) (Bengali), еми́р (emír) [masculine] (Bulgarian), စော်ဘွား (caubhwa:) (Burmese), 埃米爾 (Chinese Mandarin), 埃米尔 (āimǐ'ěr) (Chinese Mandarin), 酋長 (Chinese Mandarin), 酋长 (qiúzhǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), ⲁⲙⲓⲣⲁ (amira) (Coptic), emír [masculine] (Czech), emir [common-gender] (Danish), emir [masculine] (Dutch), emiro (Esperanto), emirur [masculine] (Faroese), emiiri (Finnish), émir [masculine] (French), ამირი (amiri) (Georgian), ამირა (amira) (Georgian), Emir [masculine] (German), εμίρης (emíris) [masculine] (Greek), sarki (Hausa), אֵמִיר [masculine] (Hebrew), अमीर (amīr) [masculine] (Hindi), emír (Hungarian), emir (Indonesian), amir (Indonesian), éimír [masculine] (Irish), emiro [masculine] (Italian), アミール (amīru) (Japanese), әмір (ämır) (Kazakh), 아미르 (amireu) (Korean), эмир (emir) (Kyrgyz), emīrs [masculine] (Latvian), emyras [masculine] (Lithuanian), е́мир (émir) [masculine] (Macedonian), amir (Malay), emir [masculine] (Northern Kurdish), emir [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), emir [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ամիրայ (amiray) (Old Armenian), امير (amír) [masculine] (Pashto), امیر (amir) (Persian), emir [masculine] (Polish), emir [masculine] (Portuguese), emir [masculine] (Romanian), эми́р (emír) [masculine] (Russian), हम्मीर (hammīra) [masculine] (Sanskrit), ၸဝ်ႈၾ [masculine] (Shan), emir [masculine] (Spanish), amir [masculine, rare] (Spanish), emir [common-gender] (Swedish), амир (amir) (Tajik), әмир (ämir) (Tatar), emir (Turkish), emir (Turkmen), емі́р (emír) [masculine] (Ukrainian), امیر (amīr) [masculine] (Urdu), ئەمىر (emir) (Uyghur), amir (Uzbek)
    Sense id: en-emir-en-noun-jjZoY3BR Disambiguation of Islam: 51 49 Disambiguation of 'Islamic prince or leader': 95 5
  2. A descendant of the prophet Muhammad. Categories (topical): Heads of state, Islam, People
    Sense id: en-emir-en-noun-uUzcjx52 Disambiguation of Heads of state: 28 72 Disambiguation of Islam: 51 49 Disambiguation of People: 42 58 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 75 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: amir, ameer, amier, emeer, admiral [archaic] Derived forms: emirate

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          "sense": "Islamic prince or leader",
          "word": "আমীর"
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          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
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          "sense": "Islamic prince or leader",
          "word": "စော်ဘွား"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "Islamic prince or leader",
          "word": "埃米爾"
        },
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "āimǐ'ěr",
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          "sense": "Islamic prince or leader",
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "qiúzhǎng",
          "sense": "Islamic prince or leader",
          "word": "酋长"
        },
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          "lang": "Coptic",
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          "sense": "Islamic prince or leader",
          "word": "ⲁⲙⲓⲣⲁ"
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "Islamic prince or leader",
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          ],
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        },
        {
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Islamic prince or leader",
          "word": "emiiri"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Islamic prince or leader",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "émir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "amiri",
          "sense": "Islamic prince or leader",
          "word": "ამირი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "amira",
          "sense": "Islamic prince or leader",
          "word": "ამირა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Islamic prince or leader",
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          "word": "Emir"
        },
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "emíris",
          "sense": "Islamic prince or leader",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "εμίρης"
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        {
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          "code": "ha",
          "lang": "Hausa",
          "sense": "Islamic prince or leader",
          "word": "sarki"
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "Islamic prince or leader",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "אֵמִיר"
        },
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "amīr",
          "sense": "Islamic prince or leader",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "अमीर"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "Islamic prince or leader",
          "word": "emír"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "Islamic prince or leader",
          "word": "emir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "Islamic prince or leader",
          "word": "amir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "Islamic prince or leader",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "éimír"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "Islamic prince or leader",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "emiro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "amīru",
          "sense": "Islamic prince or leader",
          "word": "アミール"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "ämır",
          "sense": "Islamic prince or leader",
          "word": "әмір"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "amireu",
          "sense": "Islamic prince or leader",
          "word": "아미르"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "Islamic prince or leader",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "emir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "emir",
          "sense": "Islamic prince or leader",
          "word": "эмир"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "Islamic prince or leader",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "emīrs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "Islamic prince or leader",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "emyras"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "émir",
          "sense": "Islamic prince or leader",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "е́мир"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "Islamic prince or leader",
          "word": "amir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "Islamic prince or leader",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "emir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "Islamic prince or leader",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "emir"
        },
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          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "amír",
          "sense": "Islamic prince or leader",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "امير"
        },
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          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "amir",
          "sense": "Islamic prince or leader",
          "word": "امیر"
        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
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          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "emir"
        },
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "Islamic prince or leader",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "emir"
        },
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "Islamic prince or leader",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "emir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "emír",
          "sense": "Islamic prince or leader",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "эми́р"
        },
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          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "hammīra",
          "sense": "Islamic prince or leader",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "हम्मीर"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "shn",
          "lang": "Shan",
          "sense": "Islamic prince or leader",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ၸဝ်ႈၾ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "Islamic prince or leader",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "emir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "Islamic prince or leader",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "rare"
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          "word": "amir"
        },
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
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          "word": "emir"
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          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "amir",
          "sense": "Islamic prince or leader",
          "word": "амир"
        },
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          "code": "tt",
          "lang": "Tatar",
          "roman": "ämir",
          "sense": "Islamic prince or leader",
          "word": "әмир"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "Islamic prince or leader",
          "word": "emir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "Islamic prince or leader",
          "word": "emir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "emír",
          "sense": "Islamic prince or leader",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "емі́р"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "amīr",
          "sense": "Islamic prince or leader",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "امیر"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "emir",
          "sense": "Islamic prince or leader",
          "word": "ئەمىر"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "uz",
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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": headman vs. qiúzhǎng",
  "path": [
    "emir"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "emir",
  "trace": ""
}

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