امر

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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

Related terms

Descendants

  • Turkish: emir

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَمْر (ʔamr).

Pronunciation

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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 , the Sun is our cook; it would be folly if we say it is God.

Descendants

Urdu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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 , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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