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English
Etymology
From Malay damar .
Compare Middle English dambre ( “ a kind of resin ” ) .
Noun
damar (countable and uncountable , plural damars )
A large tree of the order Coniferae , indigenous to the East Indies and Australasia , now genus Agathis .
A clear to yellow resin , obtained in Malaya from trees of the genera Shorea (family Dipterocarpaceae ) and Symplocos (family Symplocaceae ), used in varnishes and inks
Any of various hard resins , obtained especially from evergreen trees , notably of the genera Agathis (family Araucariaceae ) and Hopea (family Dipterocarpaceae ), native to southeast Asia , also used in varnishes and lacquers .
Alternative forms
Translations
any of various trees of the genus Agathis
resin obtained from trees of the genera Shorea and Symplocos
Anagrams
Albanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish طمر ( damar ) .
Noun
damar m
vein , blood vessel
tendon
an inherited trait , characteristic , or feature
Azerbaijani
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *tamur , *damor .
Pronunciation
Noun
damar (definite accusative damarı , plural damarlar )
vein , blood vessel
( figurative ) character , temperament
Declension
Dutch
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Malay damar , from Proto-Malayic *damar , from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *damaʀ .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈdaː.mɑr/
Hyphenation: da‧mar
Noun
damar m (uncountable )
damar ( resin )
Indonesian
Etymology 1
From Malay damar , from Proto-Malayic *damar , from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *damaʀ ( “ tree resin used in torches ” ) . Compare Maori rama .
Pronunciation
Noun
damar (first-person possessive damarku , second-person possessive damarmu , third-person possessive damarnya )
resin ( secretion of plants )
resin ( viscous liquid of plant origin )
Affixed terms
Compounds
Etymology 2
From Minangkabau , probably cognate of Etymology 1 as referring to the construction of the candlenut torch.
Pronunciation
Noun
damar (first-person possessive damarku , second-person possessive damarmu , third-person possessive damarnya )
candlenut (Aleurites moluccanus ).
Synonym: kemiri
Further reading
Javanese
Romanization
damar
Romanization of ꦢꦩꦂ
Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *damar , from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *damaʀ , from Proto-Austronesian *damaʀ .
Pronunciation
Noun
damar (Jawi spelling دامر , plural damar -damar , informal 1st possessive damarku , 2nd possessive damarmu , 3rd possessive damarnya )
resin ( secretion of plants )
resin ( viscous liquid of plant origin )
resinous torch
( obsolete ) oil lamp
Synonyms
Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations
Regular affixed derivations:
Descendants
Further reading
Old Irish
Alternative forms
Verb
·damar
passive singular present indicative conjunct of daimid
Mutation
Old Irish mutation
Radical
Lenition
Nasalization
·damar
·damar pronounced with /-ð(ʲ)-/
·ndamar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
Old Javanese
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *damaʀ ( “ tree resin used in torches ” ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /da.mar/
Rhymes: -mar
Hyphenation: da‧mar
Noun
damar
lamp
damar : hard resins.
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
"damar" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary . 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French dammar .
Noun
damar n (uncountable )
damar ( resin )
Declension
declension of damar (singular only)
singular
n gender
indefinite articulation
definite articulation
nominative/accusative
(un) damar
damarul
genitive/dative
(unui) damar
damarului
vocative
damarule
References
damar in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a , Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish طمر ( damar ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
dȁmar m (Cyrillic spelling да̏мар ) ( obsolete )
vein , blood vessel
muscle
muscle tissue
Declension
Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish طمر ( damar , “ vein ” ) , from Proto-Turkic *tamïr ( “ vein, root ” ) . Related to damlamak ( “ to drip ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
damar (definite accusative damarı , plural damarlar )
vein , blood vessel
Declension
Derived terms
References
Further reading
Kélékian, Diran (1911 ) “طمر ”, in Dictionnaire turc-français , Constantinople: Mihran, page 795
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002– ) “damar ”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890 ) “طمر ”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon , Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1245