Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܐܡܝܪ ‎(ʾămīr)

Noun

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

1. emir, prince, prefect, commander

Derived terms

• ܐܡܝܪܘܬܐ ‎(ʾămīrūṯāʾ)
• ܐܡܝܪܐ ܕܡܗܝܡܢܐ ‎(ʾămīrāʾ ḏa-məhaymənāʾ)

Descendants

• Old Armenian: ամիրայ ‎(amiray)
  • Armenian: ամիրա ‎(amira)
    • English: amira
  • Georgian: ამირა ‎(amira)

References

• “)myr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-06-21
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 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