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Definition: Emir |
EmirNoun1. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "emir" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1880. (references) |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
EMIR | English | European Multilingual Information Retrieval | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: EmirSynonyms: ameer (n), amir (n), emeer (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Master | Prince, duke; (nobility); archduke, doge, elector; seignior; marland, margrave; rajah, emir, wali, sheik nizam, nawab. |
Nobility | King; (master); atheling; prince, duke; marquis, marquisate; earl, viscount, baron, thane, banneret; baronet, baronetcy; knight, knighthood; count, armiger, laird; signior, seignior; esquire, boyar, margrave, vavasour; emir, ameer, scherif, sharif, effendi, wali; sahib; chevalier, maharaja, nawab, palsgrave, pasha, rajah, waldgrave. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Emir |
| English words defined with "emir": Emeership, emirate ♦ Mir. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "emir": ameerate, amirate ♦ Balan ♦ emeerate ♦ Kingly Titles ♦ Leilah. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Emir" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Albanian (ameer, amir, emir), German (emir), Portuguese (amir, emirate), Romanian (ameer, emeer, emir), Serbo-Croatian (ameer, amir, emir), Spanish (emir), Swedish (emir), Turkish (ameer, amir, behest, bidding, charge, command, commandment, decree, dictate, dictation, direction, disposal, disposition, emir, fiat, imperatival, imperative, jussive, mandate, order, precept, prescription, ukase, word, word of command). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | L' Emir préfère les blondes (1983) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | Emir Bukharskii. Bukhara.Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Qatar | The Emir issued Law No. 13 in October 2000, with the aim of liberalizing foreign investment in Qatar. (references) |
Libya | King Idris I, Emir of Cyrenaica, led Libyan resistance to Italian occupation between the two World Wars. (references) | |
Qatar | On June 27, 1995, the Deputy Ruler, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa, deposed his father Emir Khalifa in a bloodless coup. (references) | |
Political Economy | Qatar | It vests extensive powers in the Emir. (references) |
Qatar | This position was traditionally held by the Emir. (references) | |
Qatar | The new Constitution will establish an elected Advisory Council (Parliament) to replace the current one which comprises 30 members appointed by the Emir. (references) | |
Trade | Qatar | The Emir has the authority to withhold laws and decrees. (references) |
Qatar | While draft laws are usually submitted directly to the Advisory Council (Parliament) for review and approval, draft decrees are usually submitted directly to the Emir for promulgation. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Emir" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 73.33% of the time. "Emir" is used about 60 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 73.33% | 44 | 51,500 |
| Noun (proper) | 26.67% | 16 | 87,710 |
| Total | 100.00% | 60 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
emir kusturica | 45 |
emir | 26 |
emir software | 20 |
emir sader | 7 |
emir kusturica underground | 5 |
emir hakim | 3 |
emir sheik | 2 |
emir kuwait | 2 |
abdelkader emir | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "emir"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | emir (ameer, amir). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | أمير (lord, prince). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | емир (ameer, amir). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 埃米爾 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | émir. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | emir. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | εμίρησ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | emír (ameer, amir). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | emiro. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | emiray célebre (celebrated, fameless, famous, far fetched, illustrious, noted, renowned, well known). (various references) emir (ameer, emeer). (various references) эмир (ameer, amir). (various references) emir (ameer, amir). (various references) emir. (various references) emir. (various references) ผู้ปกครองในประเทศอิสลามบางประเทศ. (various references) emir (ameer, amir, behest, bidding, charge, command, commandment, decree, dictate, dictation, direction, disposal, disposition, fiat, imperatival, imperative, jussive, mandate, order, precept, prescription, ukase, word, word of command). (various references) емір. (various references) thủ hiến (governor), êmia người dòng dõi Mô-ha-mét. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | phylarchen. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "emir": emirate, emirates, emirs. (additional references) | |
Words containing "emir": bemire, bemired, bemires, bemiring, demirep, demireps, semiraw, semireligious, semiretired, semiretirement, semiretirements, semirigid, semirural. (additional references) | |
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"Emir" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ammir, amyr, Demir, eai, Ebmeier, edir, efmtr, eiir, eim, eimear, Eimer, eimi, eir, eiry, Elmir, Elmyr, ema, emaid, emar, emari, emax, emere, emi, emid, emie, emim, emin, emip, Emira, emire, emiri, emirr, Emis, emix, emni, emo, Emrh, emri, emrit, emu, emuir, emur, Emyard, Emyn, ener, eni, enic, Enif, Enig, enim, enmire, enor, enr, enri, Erim, esmer, evir, exir, eyir, Eymard, iimr, imar, imi, imir, imr, inir, Kenmir, mehr, meir, Meira, meirr, meisr, meorr, meri, mihr, omir, omri, smirr, temiar, Umir, ymir. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "emir" (pronounced emi"r or āmi"r) |
| 4 | e m i" r | premier, premiere. |
| 3 | -m i" r | Amir, mere, mir, smear. |
| 3 | -m i" r | Amir, mere, mir, premier, premiere, smear. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: mire, rime. | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-m-r" | |
-1 letter: ire, mir, rei, rem, rim. | |
-2 letters: em, er, me, mi, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-m-r" | |
+1 letter: aimer, crime, dimer, emirs, fermi, grime, merit, miler, mimer, miner, mired, mires, mirex, miser, miter, mitre, mixer, moire, prime, ramie, remit, remix, rimed, rimer, rimes, timer. | |
+2 letters: admire, aimers, airmen, armies, barmie, begrim, bemire, berime, bireme, cerium, chimer, crimes, dermic, dermis, dimers, dimmer, dormie, elmier, emigre, empire, epimer, erbium, ermine, fermis, filmer, firmed, firmer, fumier, gamier, grimed, grimes, hermai, hermit, homier, humeri, imager, imaret, imbrue, immure, impure, isomer, iterum, jimper, kermis, limber, limier, limmer, limner, limper, maigre, mailer, maimer, marine, mazier, megrim, memoir, menhir, merino, merits, merlin, metier, metric, milder, milers, milker, miller, milter, mimers, mincer, minder, miners, minter, mirage, mirier, mirker, misers, misery, mister, miters, mither, mitier, mitred, mitres, mixers, moiler, moires, mopier, murein, murine, permit, prelim, premie, premix, primed, primer, primes, ramies, reemit, refilm, regime, remail, remain, remind, remint, remise, remiss, remits, remixt, retime, retrim, rimers, rimier, rimmed, rimmer, rimose, rimple, roomie, simmer, simper, smiler, smiter, spirem, timber, timbre, timers, trimer, umpire, uremia, uremic, verism, vermin, vermis. | |
+3 letters: admired, admirer, admires, airtime, ambries, amirate, armiger, armlike, armoire, balmier, barmier, beamier, becrime, begrime, begrims, bemired, bemires, berimed, berimes, bioherm, birdmen, biremes, boomier, brimmed, brimmer, bromide, bromine, bromize, bumpier, campier, carmine, ceramic, ceriums, chimera, chimere, chimers, chirmed, claimer, climber, comfier, coremia, crimmer, crimped, crimper, crimple, crummie, deiform, demerit, demirep, dermoid, dimeric, dimeter, dimmers, dormice, dumpier, embroil, emeries, emerita, emeriti, emeroid, emigres, emirate, emitter, empires, empiric, emporia, emprise, emprize, emptier, epiderm, epigram, epimere, epimers, erbiums, eremite, eremuri, ermined, ermines, erotism, excimer, fermion, fermium, filmers, filmier, firearm, fireman, firemen, firmers, firmest, flamier, foamier, gambier, gammier, gemmier, germier, germina, gimpier, gisarme, glimmer, gomeril, gremial, gremlin, gremmie, grimace, grimier, grimmer, gripmen, gummier, hammier, harmine, heirdom, hempier, hermits, heroism, humpier, imagers, imagery, imarets, imbiber, imbower, imbrued, imbrues, imbrute, immerge, immerse, immured, immures, impaler, impearl, impeder, imperia, imperil, implore, imposer, impower, impregn, impresa, imprese, impress, imprest, improve, imputer, inarmed, incomer, inhumer, interim, ionomer, irksome, isomers, jammier, jemidar, jumpier, keramic, kirkmen, kirmess, kremlin, krimmer, lambier, lempira, limbers, limbier, limiter, limmers, limners, limpers, loamier, lorimer, lumpier, madeira, maestri, mailers, maimers, malmier, maltier, mangier, manlier, mariner, marines, marlier, marline, marlite, marmite, married, marrier, marries, massier, mealier, meatier, megrims, memoirs, menhirs, mercies, merging, merinos, merises, merisis, merited, merlins, mermaid, meropia, meropic, merrier, merrily, meshier, messier, metiers, metrics, metrify, metring, metrist, mickler, microbe, middler, midterm, midyear, miffier, migrate, milkers, milkier, millers, millier, milreis, milters, miltier, minaret, mincers, mincier, minders, mineral, mingier, mingler, miniver, minored, minster, minters, mintier, minuter, miracle, mirages, mirexes, miriest, mirkest, mirkier, misaver, misdoer, misdrew, miserly, misfire, misgrew, mishear, misrate, misread, misrely, misrule, misterm, misters, mistier, misuser, mitered, miterer, mithers, mixture, moidore, moilers, moister, moldier, moniker, moodier, moonier, moorier, moraine, mortice, mortise, mossier, mothier, motlier, mousier, muckier, muddier, muggier, mureins, muriate, murices, murines, murkier, murries, murrine, mushier, muskier, mussier, mustier, muzzier, mythier, nimbler, numeric, ogreism, omitter, overmix, palmier, perming, permits, pismire, plumier, preemie, prelims, premier, premies, premise, premiss, premium, premixt, pretrim, primage, primate, primely, primero, primers, primine, primmed, primmer, primped, primsie, promine, promise, pumicer, racemic, ragtime, raiment, ramekin, ramilie, rammier, rampike, readmit, realism, reaming, reclaim, reemits, refilms, regimen, regimes, reimage, remails, remains, remiges, reminds, remints, remised, remises, remixed, remixes, remorid, requiem, retimed, retimes, retrims, rhenium, rheumic, rhizome, rimfire, rimiest, rimless, rimmers, rimpled, rimples, romaine, roomier, roomies, rummier, rummies, seamier, sedarim, semidry, seminar, semipro, semiraw, seriema, shimmer, sidearm, simmers, simpers, simpler, skimmer, slimier, slimmer, smartie, smilers, smirked, smirker, smiters, smokier, spermic, spireme, spirems, spumier, surmise, swimmer, terbium, terming, termini, termite, thermic, thymier, timbers, timbrel, timbres, timider, trimers, trimmed, trimmer, trireme, triseme, trisome, umpired, umpires, unmiter, unmitre, unrimed, uraemia, uraemic, uredium, uremias, vampire, verismo, verisms, vermeil, vermian, viremia, viremic, vitamer, vomiter, wartime, whimper, wimpier, wireman, wiremen, wombier, wormier, yummier. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 6D 69 72 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references). -- .. .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01101101 01101001 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E m i r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 006D 0069 0072 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)39797584 |
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