ܐܡܝܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܐܡܝܪ (ʾămīr)

Etymology

From Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr). The plural form ܐܡܝܪܐܢ (ʾămīrān) is influenced by Persian امیران (amirân), plural form of امیر (amir).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔămirɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʔămire(ʔ)], [ʔămirɑ(ʔ)n], [ʔămirɑne(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܐܡܝܪܐ • (ʾămīrāʾ) m (plural ܐܡܝܪܢܐ or ܐܡܝܪܐܢ or ܐܡܝܪܐ)

1. emir, prince, prefect, commander

Derived terms

• ܐܡܝܪܘܬܐ (ʾămīrūṯāʾ)
• ܐܡܝܪܐ ܕܡܗܝܡܢܐ (ʾămīrāʾ ḏa-məhaymənāʾ)

Descendants

• Old Armenian: ամիրայ (amiray)
  • Armenian: ամիրա (amira)
    • English: amira
  • Georgian: ამირა (amira)

References

• “ˀmyr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-06-21
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 11b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 19b
• Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, p. 55a-b