חמרא

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Aramaic

Etymology 1

Compare Arabic خَمْر (ḵamr, “wine”) and Hebrew חֶמֶר (chémer, “wine”).

Noun

חַמְרָא • (ḥamrā) m (uncountable)

wine
- Tanach, Daniel 5:4, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
  אִשְׁתִּיו חַמְרָא וְ שַׁבַּחוּ לֵ אלָהֵי דַּהֲבָא וְ כַסְפָּא נְחָשָׁא פַרְזְלָא אָעָא וְ אַבְנָא׃
  ʾištīw ḥamrā wəšabbáḥū lēlāhē dahăḇā wəḵaspā nəḥāšā p̄arzəlā ʾāʿā wəʾaḇnā.
  They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
- c. 1534–1572, Isaac Luria, אֲסַדֵּר לִסְעוּדָתָא (song for the morning meal of Shabbat):
  נְהוֹרֵיהּ יִשְׁרֵי בָהּ. בְּקִידּוּשָׁא רַבָּא. וּבְחַמְרָא טָבָא. דְּ בֵהּ תֶּחֱדֵי נַפְשָׁא׃
  May His light shine upon it with a great kiddush and with good wine, that the soul within Him shall rejoice.

Noun

חַמָּרָא • (ḥammārā) m (plural חַמָּרַיָּא, singular feminine counterpart חַמָּרְתָא)

vintner

Etymology 2

Compare Arabic حِمَار (ḥimār), Hebrew חֲמוֹר (khamór, ḥămōr).

Noun

חֲמָרָא • (ḥămārā) m or f (plural חֲמָרַיָּא or חֲמָרֵי)

donkey, ass

Noun

חַמָּרָא • (ḥammārā) m (plural חַמָּרַיָּא, singular feminine counterpart חַמָּרְתָא)

donkey driver

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