Amira

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A 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. historical
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name from Arabic, masculine equivalent Amir

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"There are people against the wearing of female Muslim attire, that is to say, it does not matter if one of them wears a niqab, khimar, amira or chaila, they think it's wrong anyway."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Arabic أَمِيرَة (ʔamīra, “princess”).

Etymology 2

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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