Amiri (Persian: امیری:Amīrī, Persian pronunciation:[æmiːˈɾiː], Hebrew: אמירי, Arabic: أميري) is a surname of Persian, Luri, Kurdish, Hebrew and Arabic origins. It is primarily an Iranian surname that means "of Amir" or "of house of Amir" in the Persian language.
In Persian, Amir has a different meaning with other languages, it consists of two parts; "A" which means "Un" and "mir" which is the root of the verb "Mordan" (to die), so Amir in Persian means "the one who [his spirit and his memory] will never die". The surname Amiri receiving the Persian suffix -i (ی) meaning "of", was derived from the same root (Amir) to be selected by the people (mostly Iranian and of Persian descent) as a surname for their family. So the surname literally means "of Amir" or "of house of Amir".
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