амру

Adyghe

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [aːmru]

Adverb

амру • (amru)

  1. or rather
    Уиунэ тигъэс амру удэкӏрагъуа? ― Wujiwunɛ tiğɛs amru wudɛkʼrağʷa? ― Let us stay in your house or rather do you want to go out?
    Сыд ушхытэ? наша амру мыя? ― Səd wušxətɛ? naša amru məja? ― What you gonna eat? watermelon or rather apple?

Avar

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَمْر (ʔamr).

Noun

амру • (amru) class 3 (ergative амруялъ, genetive амруялъул, plural амруял)

  1. command, order
    Synonyms: буюрухъ (bujuruqx), пурман (purman), приказ (prikaz)
  2. work
    Synonyms: иш (iš), хӏалтӏи (ḥʳaltʼi), гӏамал (ʻamal)
  3. power
    Synonyms: ихтияр (ixtijar), кверщел (kʷerššel)

Derived terms

  • амру борхизе (amru borxize, “to carry out an order”)
  • амру гьабизе (amru habize, “to order”)
  • амру-васият (amru-wasijat, “commandment and will”)
  • амру-нагью (amru-nahju, “command and prohibition”)
  • амручи (amruči, “lord, master”)
  • амручӏужу (amručʼužu, “lady, mistress”)
  • амруялде мутӏигӏлъизе (amrujalde mutʼiʻlˢize, “to obey an order”)
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