Emir

See also: emir, emír, and émir

German

Etymology

From Arabic أَمِيرْ (ʔamīr).

Pronunciation

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Noun

Emir m (strong, genitive Emirs, plural Emire)

1. emir (title of a prince, commander or other leader or ruler in an Islamic nation)

Declension

Declension of Emir [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Emir	die	Emire
genitive	eines	des	Emirs	der	Emire
dative	einem	dem	Emir	den	Emiren
accusative	einen	den	Emir	die	Emire

Derived terms

• Emirat

Further reading

• “Emir” in Duden online

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish امیر (emir), from Arabic أَمِيرْ (ʔamīr).

Proper noun

Emir m anim (Cyrillic spelling Емир)

1. a male given name from Arabic

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish امیر (emir), from Arabic أَمِيرْ (ʔamīr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [emiɾ]
• Hyphenation: E‧mir

Proper noun

Emir

1. a male given name from Arabic, which means prince, commander or other leader or ruler in an Islamic nation

Declension

Declension of Emir

	singular	plural
nominative	Emir	Emirler
accusative	Emir'i	Emirleri
dative	Emir'e	Emirlere
locative	Emir'de	Emirlerde
ablative	Emir'den	Emirlerden
genitive	Emir'in	Emirlerin

Possessive forms of Emir

	singular	plural
benim (my)	Emir'im	Emirlerim
senin (your)	Emir'in	Emirlerin
onun (his/her/its)	Emir'i	Emirleri
bizim (our)	Emir'imiz	Emirlerimiz
sizin (your)	Emir'iniz	Emirleriniz
onların (their)	Emir'i Emirleri	Emirleri