[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886) › c10.278 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c10.278](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.278) \*\*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’ - [Previous: c10.277](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.277) - [Next: c10.279](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.279) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.278](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.278) · Pramāṇa