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How to pronounce amir in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms ameer, emeer, emir
Type of ruler, swayer

Examples of amir

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Amir Sadolla, left, pins and hits Brad Blackburn during a the welterweight bout.
From the washingtonpost.com
Amir Khan is preparing for a busy year, starting with a major fight in New York.
From the guardian.co.uk
Amir Farahani, the city's traffic engineer, said it will return within 10 days.
From the ocregister.com
Amir Khan is a talented boxer, he threw more punches and was winning the fight.
From the independent.co.uk
Amir is the kite fighter whose glass-coated strings cut down competitors'entries.
From the sacbee.com
There has even been speculation that Mr Dujana is JI's amir, or paramount leader.
From the economist.com
Amir, his dad, Shah, and his uncle Taz are all taken away into a holding area.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Amir Khan is an example of what can happen when you rush a career too quickly.
From the mirror.co.uk
Amir Khan's fight with Lamont Peterson in December ended in great controversy.
From the guardian.co.uk
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  • Emir: an independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia)
  • Emir (/u0259u02C8mu026Au0259r, eu026Au02C8mu026Au0259r, u02C8eu026Amu026Au0259r/; Arabic: u0623u0645u064Au0631u200Eu200E u02BEAmu012Br ), sometimes transliterated (olowan, Datu in Meranau common version) Amir, Amier, or Ameer, is an aristocratic or noble title of high office used in a variety of places in the Arab countries and Afghanistan. It means "commander", "general", or "prince". The feminine form is Emira (u0623u0645u064Au0631u0629 u02BEAmu012Brah)...
  • The Kite Runner is a novel by Khaled Hosseini. Published in 2003 by Riverhead Books, it is Hosseini's first novel, and was adapted into a film of the same name in 2007.
  • Amir (also spelled Ameer or Emir, Arabic: u0623u0645u064Au0631u200Eu200E, Turkish: Emir, Persian: u0627u0645u064Au0631u200Eu200E, Hebrew: u05D0u05DEu05D9u05E8u200Eu200E, pronouncedu00A0) is a masculine name with three meanings, one is Arabic/Hebraic origin derived from the three letters AMR which means 'to give orders' or a "Prince". The title Emir in Arabic, which is essentially the same word as Amir, therefore means: "one who gives orders"...
  • Amir is a fast-food restaurant chain serving mainly Lebanese food with locations mainly in the Montreal area. Beverage items are served by both Coca-Cola Ltd. & Pepsi-QTG Canada.
  • Laurent Amir Khlifa Khedider Haddad (Hebrew: u05DCu05D5u05E8u05DF u05E2u05DEu05D9u05E8 u05D7u05DCu05D9u05E4u05D4 u05D7u05D3u05D9u05D3u05E8 u05D7u05D3u05D3u200Eu200E, born 20 June 1984 in Paris, France), better known as Amir Haddad (Hebrew: u05E2u05DEu05D9u05E8 u05D7u05D3u05D3u200Eu200E), or simply as Amir, is a French-Israeli singer and songwriter...
  • A high title of nobility or office, used in Arabic countries and in some Turkic states; One of the Mohammedan nobility of Afghanistan and Sindh
  • A male given name
  • Literally, commander. In many of the Arab states of the gulf, amir often means ruler or prince.