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# amir

«amir» in Mova's school dictionary: **a ruler, prince or commander in some Muslim countries…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an amir, amirs; also spelled emir); proper noun (Amir — a boy's name)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An amir (usually spelled emir) is a ruler, prince or commander in some Muslim countries, especially in the Middle East. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amir/#m1)

2) Amir is also a common first name for boys in many countries. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amir/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In history and geography lessons it appears in the title of rulers of countries such as Qatar and Kuwait. In stories and class lists it is usually just a boy's name, written with a capital letter.

### examples

- The amir lived in a palace by the sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amir/#x1)
- Amir is the new boy in our class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amir/#x2)
- Some countries in the Middle East are ruled by an emir. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amir/#x3)
- Amir scored the winning goal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amir/#x4)
- In the old tale, the amir gave the traveller a golden cup. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amir/#x5)
- Amir and I walk to school together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amir/#x6)
- He was receiving a visit from the Amir of Afghanistan--a wild king of a very wild country. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amir/#x7)

### note

As a title it is usually spelled «emir» in English; as a name, «Amir» with a capital A. The country ruled by an emir is an emirate (as in the United Arab Emirates).

### In the corpora

- [Amir guesses the globe has like 300 countries.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/66-from-band-to-nation-families-tribes-kingdoms-empires-and-countries/1/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «amir» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amir/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.