Amīrah
أَميرة
Say it a-MEE-rah
A woman who commands
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- ʾ-m-r
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- Classical Arabic names
- Also spelled
- Amira, Ameera, Amirah, Ameerah
Meaning & source
A woman who commands: amīrah is the feminine of amīr, one who holds command. Lisān: “the feminine takes -ah”.
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وَقَدْ أَمِرَ فُلَانٌ وأَمُرَ، بِالضَّمِّ، أَي صارَ أَميراً، والأُنثى بِالْهَاءِ
Who carried this name
We have not recorded an early bearer of this name. The word is classical Arabic.