امر

See also: آمر, أمر, and إمر

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَمْر (ʔamr, “order, command”), verbal noun of أَمَرَ (ʔamara, “to order, command”).

Noun

امر • (emr, emir) (definite accusative امری (emri, emiri), plural اوامر (evâmir))

1. command, order, an action or inaction that must be obeyed, mandated by someone in authority

   Synonyms: بیورق (buyuruk), فرمان (ferman)

2. decree, edict, a proclamation issued by a head of state or monarch, according to some procedures

   Synonym: قرارنامه (kararname)

3. (in general) affair, matter, concern, business, any activity or objective which is done or is to be done

Derived terms

• امر ایتمك (emr etmek, “to command”)
• امر سامی (emr-i sami, “firman”)
• امر عالی (emr-i ʼalî, “firman”)
• امر قولی (emr kulu, “officer, agent”)

 

Related terms

• امیر (emir, “emir, commander”)
• مأمور (meʼmur, “officer, agent”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: emir

Further reading

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “emir 1”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “emir2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1432
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “emr”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 260
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “امر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 145b
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Mandatum”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 999
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “امر”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 417
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “emir1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “امر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 198

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَمْر (ʔamr).

Pronunciation

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• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔamɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔämɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔämɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔämɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔämɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæmɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔämɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	amr
Dari reading?	amr
Iranian reading?	amr
Tajik reading?	amr

Noun

امر • (amr) (plural امور (omur))

1. affair, matter, business

Noun

امر • (amr) (plural اوامر (avâmer))

1. order, command

   Synonym: دستور (dastur)

   • c. 1260, Rumi, “4:578”, in The Masnavi:

     آفتاب از امر حق طباخ ماست، ابلهی باشد که گوییم او خداست.

     âftâb az amr-e haqq tabbâx-e mâ-st, ablahi bâšad ke guyim u xodâ-st.

     by the order of Truth [i.e. God], the Sun is our cook; it would be folly if we say it is God.

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: əmr
• → Urdu: اَمْر (amr)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian امر (amr), from Arabic أَمْر (ʔamr).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /əmɾ/

Noun

اَمْر • (amr) m (Hindi spelling अम्र)

1. affair, matter, transaction, business
2. command, order
3. point, fact, case, thing
4. permission, allowance

References

• “امر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “امر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.