ܐܡܝܪܐ

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Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr). The plural form ܐܡܝܪܐܢ (ʾămīrān) is influenced by Persian امیران (amirân), plural form of امیر (amir).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܐܡܝܪܐ • (ʾămīrāʾ) m (plural ܐܡܝܪܢܐ or ܐܡܝܪܐܢ or ܐܡܝܪܐ)

  1. emir, prince, prefect, commander

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old Armenian: ամիրայ (amiray)

References

  • “ˀmyr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-06-21
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 11b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 19b
  • Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, p. 55a-b
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