نمر

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Arabic

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *namir-.

Pronunciation

Noun

نَمِر or نِمْر (namir or nimrm (plural نُمُور (numūr), feminine نَمِرَة (namira) or نِمْرَة (nimra))

  1. (proscribed) tiger
    Synonym: بَبْر (babr)
  2. (zoology) leopard
    Synonym: فَهْد (fahd)
    • a. 897, Al-Buḥturiyy, edited by Ḥasan Kāmil Al-Ṣayrafiyy, ديوان البحتري (Ḏaḵāʾir al-ʿArab), 3rd edition, volume 2, Dār al-Maʿārif, →ISBN, page 957:
      كُفُّوا وَإِلَّا كَفَفْتُمْ مُضْمِرِي أَسَفٍ
      إِذَا تَنَمَّرَ فِي إِقْدَامِهِ ٱلنَّمِرُ
      kuffū wa-ʔillā kafaftum muḍmirī ʔasafin
      ʔiḏā tanammara fī ʔiqdāmihi n-namiru
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension

Etymology 2

Verb

نَمُرُّ (namurru) (form I)

  1. first-person plural non-past active indicative of مَرَّ (marra)

Verb

نَمُرَّ (namurra) (form I)

  1. first-person plural non-past active subjunctive of مَرَّ (marra)
  2. first-person plural non-past active jussive of مَرَّ (marra)

Verb

نَمُرِّ (namurri) (form I)

  1. first-person plural non-past active jussive of مَرَّ (marra)

Gulf Arabic

Etymology

Root
ن م ر
1 term

From Arabic نَمِر (namir), from Proto-Semitic *namir-.

Pronunciation

Noun

نمر (nimirm (plural نمور (n(u)mūr))

  1. tiger

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic نَمِر (namir), from Proto-Semitic *namir-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nmar/
  • (file)

Noun

نمر (nmarm (plural نمور (nmūr) or نمورة (nmūra), feminine نمرة (namra))

  1. tiger

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic نَمِر (namir).

Pronunciation

Noun

نمر (nimrm (plural نمورة (nmūra))

  1. tiger
  2. leopard