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Emir

Definition: Emir

Emir

Noun

1. 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)

 

Abbreviations & Acronyms: Emir

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.

EntrySourceExpressionField

EMIR

EnglishEuropean Multilingual Information RetrievalN/A

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Emir

Synonyms: ameer (n), amir (n), emeer (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Emir

ContextSynonyms 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.

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Crosswords: Emir

English words defined with "emir": Emeership, emirateMir. (references)
Specialty definitions using "emir": ameerate, amirateBalanemeerateKingly TitlesLeilah. (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).

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Modern Usage: Emir

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

L' Emir préfère les blondes (1983)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Emir

DomainTitle

Books

  • 2000 Import and Export Market for Baby Carriages, Toys, Games and Sporting Goods in United Arab Emir (reference)

  • A Pilgrimage to Nejd, the Cradle of the Arab Race, a Visit to the Court of the Arab Emir, and Our Pers (reference)

  • Confrontations avec Raymond Depardon, Daniel Humair, Emir Kusturica, Artazvad Pelechian, Claude Regy, Alain Rocca, Martin Scorsese (reference)

  • Emir Kusturica (reference)

  • Fossil Vertebrates of Arabia: With Emphasis on the Late Miocene Faunas, Geology, and Palaeoenvironments of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab emir (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Emir

Illustrations:
Emir

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Computer Images:
Emir

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Photo Album: Emir

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Emir Bukharskii. Bukhara.Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Emir

SubjectTopicQuote

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.

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Usage Frequency: Emir

"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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)73.33%4451,500
Noun (proper)26.67%1687,710
                    Total100.00%60N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Emir

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
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.

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Modern Translations: Emir

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

   

Portuguese

  

célebre (celebrated, fameless, famous, far fetched, illustrious, noted, renowned, well known). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

emir (ameer, emeer). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

эмир (ameer, amir). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

emir (ameer, amir). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

emir. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

emir. (various references)

   

Thai

  

ผู้ปกครองในประเทศอิสลามบางประเทศ. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

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)

   

Ukranian 

  

емір. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

thủ hiến (governor), êmia người dòng dõi Mô-ha-mét. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Emir

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

phylarchen. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Emir

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)


Misspellings

"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).

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Rhyming with "Emir"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "emir" (pronounced emi"r or āmi"r)
4e m i" rpremier, premiere.
3-m i" rAmir, mere, mir, smear.
3-m i" rAmir, mere, mir, premier, premiere, smear.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Emir

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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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Emir


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 6D 69 72

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.    --    ..    .-.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01101101 01101001 01110010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#109 &#105 &#114

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 006D 0069 0072

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

39797584

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Quotations: Non-fiction
9. Usage Frequency
10. Expressions: Internet
11. Translations: Modern
12. Translations: Ancient
13. Abbreviations
14. Acronyms
15. Derivations
16. Rhymes
17. Anagrams
18. Orthography
19. Bibliography


  

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