amri

See also: Amri

Afar

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَمْر (ʔamr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈamri/ [ˈʔʌmɾɪ]
  • Hyphenation: am‧ri

Noun

ámri m (plural amritté f)

  1. command, order

Declension

        Declension of ámri      
absolutive ámri
predicative ámri
subjective amrí
genitive amrí
  Postpositioned forms
l-case ámril
k-case ámrik
t-case ámrit
h-case ámrih

References

  • E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “àmri”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَمْر (ʔamr).[1]

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

amri class IX (plural amri class X)

  1. a command or order
    kutoa amrito give a command
  2. authority or rule of law

Derived terms

  • Verbal derivations:
    • Causative: -amrisha (to order)
    • Passive: -amriwa (to be ordered)
  • -amuru (to command, to order)

References

  1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (30 November 2020), Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 17 Nr. 102