emir

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/ɛˈmɪə(ɹ)//ˈɛmɪə(ɹ)/

noun

A prince, commander or other leader or ruler in an Islamic nation.

Similar
amiremeerameer
OriginMiddle French emir ← Ottoman Turkish امیر ← Arabic أَمِير →
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Meanings

nounemir (plural emirs or (rare) umara)

plural emirs · plural rare umara · alternative amir · alternative archaic ameer · alternative archaic amier · alternative archaic emeer · alternative archaic admiral

  1. A prince, commander or other leader or ruler in an Islamic nation.
  2. A descendant of the prophet Muhammad.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounan independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia)

Similar
amiremeerameer
Broader
rulerswayer
Also see
admiralameeramiratabeg

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Arabicأَمِير“commander, prince”
  2. Ottoman Turkishامیر
  3. Middle Frenchemir
  4. Englishemir

From Middle French emir, from Ottoman Turkish امیر (emir), from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander, prince”). Doublet of amir, Amir, admiral, and amira.

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Translations

Arabic أَمِير
  • أَمِير (ʔamīr)Islamic prince or leader
Bengali আমীর
  • আমীর (amir)Islamic prince or leader
Bulgarian еми́р
  • еми́р (emír)Islamic prince or leader
Chinese Mandarin 埃米爾 /埃米尔, 酋長 /酋长
  • 埃米爾 /埃米尔 (āimǐ'ěr)Islamic prince or leader
  • 酋長 /酋长 (qiúzhǎng)Islamic prince or leader
Czech emír
  • emírIslamic prince or leader
Danish emir
  • emirIslamic prince or leader
Dutch emir
  • emirIslamic prince or leader
Esperanto emiro
  • emiroIslamic prince or leader
Finnish emiiri
  • emiiriIslamic prince or leader
French émir
  • émirIslamic prince or leader
German Emir
  • EmirIslamic prince or leader
Greek εμίρης
  • εμίρης (emíris)Islamic prince or leader
Hebrew אֵמִיר
  • אֵמִיר (amír)Islamic prince or leader
Hindi अमीर
  • अमीर (amīr)Islamic prince or leader
Hungarian emír
  • emírIslamic prince or leader
Indonesian emir, amir
  • emirIslamic prince or leader
  • amirIslamic prince or leader
Irish éimír
  • éimírIslamic prince or leader
Italian emiro
  • emiroIslamic prince or leader
Japanese アミール
  • アミール (amīru)Islamic prince or leader
Korean 아미르
  • 아미르 (amireu)Islamic prince or leader
Latvian emīrs
  • emīrsIslamic prince or leader
Lithuanian emyras
  • emyrasIslamic prince or leader
Malay amir
  • amirIslamic prince or leader
Norwegian Bokmål emir
  • emirIslamic prince or leader
Polish emir
  • emirIslamic prince or leader
Portuguese emir
  • emirIslamic prince or leader
Romanian emir
  • emirIslamic prince or leader
Russian эми́р
  • эми́р (emír)Islamic prince or leader
Slovak emír
  • emírIslamic prince or leader
Spanish emir, amir
  • emirIslamic prince or leader
  • amirIslamic prince or leader
Swedish emir
  • emirIslamic prince or leader
Turkish emir
  • emirIslamic prince or leader
Ukrainian емі́р
  • емі́р (emír)Islamic prince or leader
Urdu اَمِیر
  • اَمِیر (amīr)Islamic prince or leader
Vietnamese êmia, hoàng thân
  • êmiaIslamic prince or leader
  • hoàng thânIslamic prince or leader

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with emir

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Anagrams

MeirmiremeriRemirimereimIMer
Cite this entry
APA

emir. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emir

MLA

“emir.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emir. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “emir,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emir.

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