Given name · Azerbaijani · Bashkir · Tatar
Әмир
“commander, prince”
Әмир (Ämir) is a masculine given name from Arabic, meaning “commander, prince.” It is used in Bashkir.
Azerbaijani and Bashkir and TatarWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Ämir.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
From Arabic أَمِير (“commander, prince”); its root is Arabic ء م ر.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Әмир’s family of names
In Bashkir usage, Әмир can be written in the Roman alphabet as Ämir. In Azerbaijani usage, Әмир has a related form in Əmir.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Әмир has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Arabic roots to each of them.
2 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Әмир
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