# امر
## Brahui
### Alternative forms

* اَمَہ (ama)

### Etymology

Derived from Proto-Dravidian *yĀH.

### Adverb

اَمَر (amar)
* how? in what manner? by what means?
* what kind of?
    دَا اَمَرو چُکَّس اےdā amaro cukkas eWhat kind of bird is this?

#### Derived terms

* اَمَرِی (amarī)

### References

* Bray, Denys (1934) “amar”, in The Brahui Language‎, Calcutta, India: Superintendent Government Printing, Part II: The Brāhūī Problem; Part III: Etymological Vocabulary, page 52
* Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “5151”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَمْر (ʔamr, “order, command”), verbal noun of أَمَرَ (ʔamara, “to order, command”).

### Noun

امر • (emr, emir) (definite accusative امری (emri, emiri), plural اوامر (evâmir))
* command, order, an action or inaction that must be obeyed, mandated by someone in authority
    Synonyms: بیورق (buyuruk), فرمان (ferman)
* decree, edict, a proclamation issued by a head of state or monarch, according to some procedures
    Synonym: قرارنامه (kararname)
* (in general) affair, matter, concern, business, any activity or objective which is done or is to be done

#### Derived terms

* امر ایتمك (emr etmek, “to command”)
* امر سامی (emr-i sami, “firman”)
* امر عالی (emr-i ʼalî, “firman”)
* امر قولی (emr kulu, “officer, agent”)

#### Related terms

* امیر (emir, “emir, commander”)
* مأمور (meʼmur, “officer, agent”)

#### Descendants

* Turkish: emir

### Further reading

* Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “emir 1”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “emir2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1432
* Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “emr”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎ (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 260
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “امر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 145b
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Mandatum”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 999
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “امر”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 417
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “emir1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “امر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 198

## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَمْر (ʔamr).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [ʔamɾ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ʔämɾ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ʔämɾ]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [ʔämɾ]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [ʔämɾ]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [ʔæmɹ]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [ʔämɾ]
* Audio (Iran):(file)

### Noun

امر • (amr) (plural امور (omur))
* affair, matter, business

### Noun

امر • (amr) (plural اوامر (avâmer))
* order, command
    Synonym: دستور (dastur)
** c. 1260, Rumi, “4:578”, in The Masnavi:آفتاب از امر حق طباخ ماست، ابلهی باشد که گوییم او خداست.āftāb az amr-i haqq tabbāx-i mā-st, ablahī bāšad ki gōyēm ō xudā-stby the order of Truth [i.e. God], the Sun is our cook; it would be folly if we say it is God.(Classical Persian transliteration)

#### Descendants

* → Azerbaijani: əmr
* → Urdu: اَمْر (amr)

## Urdu
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian امر (amr), from Arabic أَمْر (ʔamr).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /əmɾ/

### Noun

اَمْر • (amr) m (Hindi spelling अम्र)
* affair, matter, transaction, business
* command, order
* point, fact, case, thing
* permission, allowance

### References

* “امر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
* “امر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.