سمر

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Arabic[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Root
س م ر (s-m-r)

Verb[edit]

سَمَرَ (samara) I, non-past يَسْمُرُ‎ (yasmuru)

  1. to stay awake, to speak at night, to speak late at night, to live night-life, to be around at night (of man or beast)
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Verb[edit]

سَمَرَ (samara) I, non-past يَسْمُرُ‎ (yasmuru)

  1. to be or become brown
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Verb[edit]

سَمِرَ (samira) I, non-past يَسْمَرُ‎ (yasmaru)

  1. to be or become brown
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Verb[edit]

سَمَّرَ (sammara) II, non-past يُسَمِّرُ‎ (yusammiru)

  1. to brown, to add brownness to, to tan etc.
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Proper noun[edit]

سَمَر (samarf

  1. a female given name: Samar
Declension[edit]
سَمُرVachellia tortilis

Noun[edit]

سَمُر (samurm (collective, singulative سَمُرَة f (samura))

  1. acacia, a plant of several species of the Acacieae tribe
Declension[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Denominal verb of مِسْمَار (mismār).

Verb[edit]

سَمَّرَ (sammara) II, non-past يُسَمِّرُ‎ (yusammiru)

  1. to fasten by means of nails, to tack etc.
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Etymology 3[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective[edit]

سُمْر (sumrm pl

  1. masculine plural of أَسْمَر (ʔasmar)

References[edit]

Ottoman Turkish[edit]

سمر

Etymology[edit]

From Greek σαμάρι (samári, packsaddle), from Ancient Greek σαγμάριον (sagmárion), a diminutive of σάγμᾰ (ságma, packsaddle). Alternatively, it could derive from Proto-Turkic *samar (sack, packsaddle),[1] even though this is less likely.

Noun[edit]

سمر (semer)

  1. packsaddle, bat, a saddle used to secure and carry goods on the back of an animal
    Synonym: پالان (palan)
  2. porter's knot, a double shoulder pad worn with a strap around the forehead, used by porters

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Turkish: semer
  • Armenian: սեմեր (semer), սա̈մա̈ր (sämär)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*sAmar”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Further reading[edit]

Persian[edit]

Noun[edit]

سمر (samar)

  1. story, tale, legend