امارت

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic إِمَارَة (ʔimāra).

Noun

امارت • (emâret) (plural امارات)

1. an acting as emir, chief or leader
2. chieftainship; leadership
3. the territory of a chief; a principality

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Turkish: emaret

Further reading

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “امارت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 193

Pashto

Etymology

From Arabic إِمَارَة (ʔimāra).

Noun

امارت • (imārát) m

1. emirate, principality

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِمَارَة (ʔimāra).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔi.mɑː.ɾat]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪ.mɑː.ɾät̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪ.mɑː.ɾät̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪ.mɑː.ɾät̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔi.mɔː.ɾät̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔe.mɒː.ɹæt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔi.mɔ.ɾät̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	imārat
Dari reading?	imārat
Iranian reading?	emârat
Tajik reading?	imorat

Noun

Dari	امارت
Iranian Persian
Tajik	иморат

امارت • (emârat) (plural امارات (emârât))

1. emirate

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: इमारत (imārat)

  Urdu: اِمارَت (imārat)

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਇਮਾਰਤ (imārat)

  Shahmukhi script: اِمارَت (imārat)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “امارت”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “امارت”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian عمارت ('imārat), from Arabic عِمَارَة (ʕimāra, “structure, building”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɪ.mɑː.ɾət̪/

Noun

اِمارَت • (imārat) f (Hindi spelling इमारत)

1. possession of command; the office, and authority of a commander, governor, etc. (amīr)
2. district under the authority of a governor
3. a government
4. command, authority, power, dominion, rule, sovereignty
5. dignity, grandeur, state, magnificence, pomp, display
6. increase, abundance, prosperity

Further reading

• “امارت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “امارت”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.