Given name & surname · Bengali
মীর
“prince, commander”
মীর (mir) is a surname from Classical Persian, ultimately from Arabic. It is used in Bengali.
BengaliWritten in Bengali script. In English: Mir.
Meaning & origin
What it means
মীর goes back to Arabic أَمِير, meaning “prince, commander.”
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Where it comes from
মীর comes from Classical Persian, and ultimately from Arabic.
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How it developed
From Classical Persian میر (mīr), from Arabic أَمِير (“prince, commander”).
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মীর’s family of names
In Bengali usage, মীর shares an earlier linguistic root with আমীর. In Bengali usage, মীর as a surname can be written in the Roman alphabet as Mir.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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