amri

Afar

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَمْر (ʔamr).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈamri/, [ˈʔʌmɾɪ]
  • Hyphenation: am‧ri

Noun

ámri m (plural amritté f)

  1. command, order

Declension
Declension of ámri
absolutive ámri
predicative ámri
subjective amrí
genitive amrí
Postpositioned forms
l-case ámril
k-case ámrik
t-case ámrit
h-case ámrih

References
  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “àmri”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN

Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic أَمْر (ʔamr).

Pronunciation
  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Noun

amri (n class, plural amri)

  1. a command or order
    kutoa amri ― to give a command
  2. authority or rule of law

Derived terms
  • Verbal derivations:
    • Causative: -amrisha (“to order”)
    • Passive: -amriwa (“to be ordered”)
  • -amuru (“to command, to order”)
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