emir
noun
1.
an independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia)
Origin
From Middle French emir, from Ottoman Turkish امیر (emir), from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander, prince”). Doublet of amir, Amir, admiral, and amira.
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