noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ˈɛməɹət/
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1
noun
Meaning 1
A country ruled by an emir.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The office of an emir.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: emirship
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
the office of an emir
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation
4
noun
Meaning 4
the domain controlled by an emir
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: domain, demesne, land
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English emir Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus, -tūs Latin -ātusder. English -ate English emirate From emir + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, the concrete charge of it).
Across languages
Translations
80 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
emirat
— country ruled by an emir
Arabic:
إِمَارَات
(ʔimārāt)
— country ruled by an emir
Arabic:
إِمَارَة
(ʔimāra)
— country ruled by an emir
Armenian:
էմիրություն
(ēmirutʻyun)
— country ruled by an emir
Azerbaijani:
əmirlik
— country ruled by an emir
Bashkir:
әмирлек
(əmirlek)
— country ruled by an emir
Belarusian:
эміра́т
(emirát)
— country ruled by an emir
Bengali:
আমিরাত
(amirat)
— country ruled by an emir
Bulgarian:
еми́рство
(emírstvo)
— country ruled by an emir
Bulgarian:
емира́т
(emirát)
— country ruled by an emir
Catalan:
emirat
— country ruled by an emir
Chinese Mandarin:
酋長國 /酋长国
(qiúzhǎngguó)
— country ruled by an emir
Chinese Mandarin:
君主國 /君主国
(jūnzhǔguó)
— country ruled by an emir
Crimean Tatar:
emirlik
— country ruled by an emir
Czech:
emirát
— country ruled by an emir
Danish:
emirat
— country ruled by an emir
Dutch:
emiraat
— country ruled by an emir
Esperanto:
emirlando
— country ruled by an emir
Estonian:
emiraat
— country ruled by an emir
Finnish:
emiraatti
— country ruled by an emir
French:
émirat
— country ruled by an emir
West-Frisian:
emiraat
— country ruled by an emir
Galician:
emirato
— country ruled by an emir
Georgian:
ემირატი
(emiraṭi)
— country ruled by an emir
German:
Emirat
— country ruled by an emir
Greek:
εμιράτο
(emiráto)
— country ruled by an emir
Hebrew:
אֶמִירוּת
(emirát)
— country ruled by an emir
Hindi:
अमीरात
(amīrāt)
— country ruled by an emir
Hindi:
इमारत
(imārat)
— country ruled by an emir
Hungarian:
emírség
— country ruled by an emir
Hungarian:
emirátus
— country ruled by an emir
Icelandic:
furstadæmi
— country ruled by an emir
Ido:
emirio
— country ruled by an emir
Indonesian:
keamiran
— country ruled by an emir
Indonesian:
emirat
— country ruled by an emir
Irish:
éimíríocht
— country ruled by an emir
Italian:
emirato
— country ruled by an emir
Japanese:
首長国
(shuchōkoku)
— country ruled by an emir
Kazakh:
әмірлік
(ämırlık)
— country ruled by an emir
Khmer:
អេមីរ៉ាត
(ʼeemiiraat)
— country ruled by an emir
Korean:
에미리트
(emiriteu)
— country ruled by an emir
Korean:
수장국
(sujangguk)
— country ruled by an emir
Korean:
토후국
(tohuguk)
— country ruled by an emir
Northern Kurdish:
mîrnişîn
— country ruled by an emir
Kyrgyz:
эмирлик
(emirlik)
— country ruled by an emir
Kyrgyz:
эмират
(emirat)
— country ruled by an emir
Lao:
ເອມິເລດ
(ʼē mi lēt)
— country ruled by an emir
Latvian:
emirāts
— country ruled by an emir
Lithuanian:
emyratas
— country ruled by an emir
Macedonian:
емира́т
(emirát)
— country ruled by an emir
Malay:
emiriah
— country ruled by an emir
Norwegian Bokmål:
emirat
— country ruled by an emir
Norwegian Nynorsk:
emirat
— country ruled by an emir
Pashto:
امارت
(emārát)
— country ruled by an emir
Dari:
اِمَارَت
(imārat)
— country ruled by an emir
Iranian Persian:
اِمارَت
(emârat)
— country ruled by an emir
Polish:
emirat
— country ruled by an emir
Portuguese:
emirado
— country ruled by an emir
Romanian:
emirat
— country ruled by an emir
Russian:
эмира́т
(emirát)
— country ruled by an emir
Serbo-Croatian:
емѝра̄т
— country ruled by an emir
Serbo-Croatian:
emìrāt
— country ruled by an emir
Slovak:
emirát
— country ruled by an emir
Slovene:
emirat
— country ruled by an emir
Spanish:
emirato
— country ruled by an emir
Swedish:
emirat
— country ruled by an emir
Tagalog:
emirato
— country ruled by an emir
Tajik:
иморат
(imorat)
— country ruled by an emir
Tatar:
әмирлек
(ämirlek)
— country ruled by an emir
Thai:
เอมิเรต
(ee-mí-rèet)
— country ruled by an emir
Turkish:
emirlik
— country ruled by an emir
Turkmen:
emirlik
— country ruled by an emir
Ukrainian:
еміра́т
(emirát)
— country ruled by an emir
Urdu:
اِمارَت
(imārat)
— country ruled by an emir
Uyghur:
ئەمىرلىك
(emirlik)
— country ruled by an emir
Uzbek:
amirlik
— country ruled by an emir
Vietnamese:
tiểu vương quốc
— country ruled by an emir
Volapük:
lemirän
— country ruled by an emir
Welsh:
emirad
— country ruled by an emir
Yiddish:
עמיראַט
(emirat)
— country ruled by an emir