emīrs

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander, prince”).

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emīrs m (1st declension)

1. emir (a prince, commander or ruler in an Islamic country)

   Buhāras emīrs ― the emir of Bukhara

   iegūt emīra titulu ― to receive the title of emir

   līdz slimnīcas atklāšanai Buhārā bija tikai pieci ārsti, pie kam trīs no tiem rūpējās par pašu emīru un viņa tuviniekiem ― until the opening of the hospital in Bukhara there were only five doctors, of which three cared for the emir and his relatives

• emirāts