Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA member of a wealthy class of Armenian grandees in Constantinople which was in charge of national Armenian matters in the Ottoman Empire before the Armenian National Constitution of 1860 was adopted.
From Armenian ամիրա (amira), from Old Armenian ամիրայ (amiray), from Classical Syriac ܐܡܝܪܐ (ʾămīrāʾ), from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander”). Doublet of amir, Amir, emir, and admiral.
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