Etymology

amira

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Today it means: A member of a wealthy class of Armenian grandees in Constantinople which was in charge of national Armenian matters in the Ottoman Empire before the Armenian National Constitution of 1860 was adopted. Full definition →

Armenian ամիրա ← xcl ամիրայ ← Classical Syriac ܐܡܝܪܐ
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amira · noun1

  1. Arabic · derived fromأَمِير“commander”
  2. Classical Syriac · derived fromܐܡܝܪܐ
  3. xcl · derived fromամիրայ
  4. Armenian · borrowed fromամիրա
  5. English todayamira

From Armenian ամիրա (amira), from Old Armenian ամիրայ (amiray), from Classical Syriac ܐܡܝܪܐ (ʾămīrāʾ), from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander”). Doublet of amir, Amir, emir, and admiral.

Amira · proper noun2

  1. ['ar · borrowed fromأَمِيرَة
  2. Arabic · borrowed fromأَمِيرَة
  3. English todayAmira

Borrowed from Arabic أَمِيرَة (ʔamīra, “princess”).

Words from the same roots

Arabicأَمِير all →

admiralamiremirAmirul

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.