Emir (name)
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| related names = Amir, Ameer
| gender = Male
| meaning = command, order, prince, local king {{cite web|url=https://tureng.com/tr/turkce-ingilizce/emir|title=Emir|website=Tureng Turkish English Dictionary}}
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| origin = Arabic
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| variant forms = Elmir
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Emir is a male given name. It is derived from the Arabic title Emir or Amir. In Turkish, Emir means command, order, prince, local king.{{cite web|url=https://sozluk.gov.tr/?kelime=emir%20kulu|title=Emir|website=Turkish Language Society|access-date=2020-01-18|archive-date=2023-04-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404223901/https://sozluk.gov.tr/?kelime=emir%20kulu|url-status=live}}
In the Balkans, Emir is popular among Bosniaks in the former Yugoslav nations. The name is a modification to the name Amir. This region also has a female equivalent: Emira.
Given name
- Emir (singer) (born 1980), Turkish pop singer
- Emir Batur Albayrak (born 2007), Turkish Olympian swimmer
- Emir Bekrić, Serbian hurdler
- Emir Işılay, Turkish musician
- Emir Kusturica, Serbian filmmaker
- Emir Lokmić, male alpine skier from Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Emir Mkademi, Tunisian football (soccer) player
- Emir Mutapčić (born 1960), Bosnian basketball player and coach
- Emir Preldžič, Turkish basketball player of Bosnian origin
- Emir Spahić, Bosnian football (soccer) player
Honorific title
- Arslan family (Lebanon)
- Emir Shakib Arslan
- Emir Majid Arslan
- Emir Faysal Arslan, son of Emir Majid Arslan
- Emir Talal Arslan, son of Emir Majid Arslan
- Emir Fakhr-al-Din II
- Shihab family (Lebanon)
- Emir Bashir I
- Emir Bashir Shihab II
- Emir Bashir III
See also
- Amir (name)
- Amir (disambiguation)
- Emir (disambiguation)
- Emirate, a political territory that is ruled by a dynastic Muslim monarch styled emir. It also means principality.
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