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means A ruler or commander, typically of a Muslim state, principality, or region—royalty on a regional rather than imperial scale.

from From Arabic 'amir,' meaning 'commander' or 'one who commands,' rooted in the verb 'amara,' to command or order. It entered European languages through Ottoman and broader Islamic political vocabulary, often via French and Latin intermediaries. The same Arabic root, fittingly, gives English 'admiral'—both words trace back to commanders, one of land and court, one eventually of the sea.