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)
Declension
| Declension of ámri | |||||||||||
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| absolutive | ámri | ||||||||||
| predicative | ámri | ||||||||||
| subjective | amrí | ||||||||||
| genitive | amrí | ||||||||||
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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)
- a command or order
- kutoa amri ― to give a command
- authority or rule of law
Derived terms
Related terms
- -amuru (“to command, to order”)
References
- ^ 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