Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.278
Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.278
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**AMEER**, *s.* Ar. *Amīr* (root *amr*, ‘commanding,’ and so) ‘a commander, chief, or lord,’ and in Ar. application, any kind of chief from the *Amīru’ l-mūminīn*, ‘the Amīr of the Faithful’