See also: امیر, آمیز, and أميز

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Etymology edit

From ء م ر (ʔ-m-r), meaning to command, to order, to instruct, to state or tell, to enjoin or bid, to mandate or exhort, to demand, to delegate responsibility.[1][2]

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Noun edit

أَمِير (ʔamīrm (plural أُمَرَاء (ʔumarāʔ), feminine أَمِيرَة (ʔamīra))

  1. prince
  2. commander
  3. leader
  4. governor

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References edit

  1. ^ “أمر” in Edward William Lane (1863), Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 95-99, meaning to command, to order, to state or tell, to counsel or advise, to enjoin or bid, to mandate or exhort, to demand, to delegate responsibility; originates in hunting, the leader of the hunting party who would give orders and commands, guide people into position.
  2. ^ Wehr, Hans (1979) “ءمر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN