καμάρα

See also: κάμαρα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

κᾰμᾰ́ρη (kămắrē) — Ionic

Etymology

An Old Iranian borrowing, from Proto-Iranian *kamarā- (“something curved”), from *kamárati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kmárati, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em- (“to bend, curve”).

Compare Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬨𐬀𐬭𐬁 (kamarā, “girdle”), Middle Persian (kml /⁠kamar⁠/, “waist; belt, girdle”), Manichaean Middle Persian 𐫞𐫖𐫡 (qmr /⁠kamar⁠/, “vault”), Persian (kamar, “waist; belt, girdle; arch, cupola, dome, arched bridge”) and the Old Armenian loanword կամար (kamar, “girdle; arch, vault”). The Hesychian gloss καμαρίς (kamarís, “woman's ornament”) is also from Iranian.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.má.raː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kaˈma.ra/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kaˈma.ra/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kaˈma.ra/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kaˈma.ra/

Noun

κᾰμᾰ́ρᾱ • (kămắrā) f (genitive κᾰμᾰ́ρᾱς); first declension

anything with an arched cover such as a covered carriage or boat, a vaulted chamber; vault, span

Declension

First declension of ἡ κᾰμᾰ́ρᾱ; τῆς κᾰμᾰ́ρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κᾰμᾰ́ρᾱ hē kămắrā	τὼ κᾰμᾰ́ρᾱ tṑ kămắrā	αἱ κᾰμᾰ́ραι hai kămắrai
Genitive	τῆς κᾰμᾰ́ρᾱς tês kămắrās	τοῖν κᾰμᾰ́ραιν toîn kămắrain	τῶν κᾰμᾰρῶν tôn kămărôn
Dative	τῇ κᾰμᾰ́ρᾳ tēî kămắrāi	τοῖν κᾰμᾰ́ραιν toîn kămắrain	ταῖς κᾰμᾰ́ραις taîs kămắrais
Accusative	τὴν κᾰμᾰ́ρᾱν tḕn kămắrān	τὼ κᾰμᾰ́ρᾱ tṑ kămắrā	τᾱ̀ς κᾰμᾰ́ρᾱς tā̀s kămắrās
Vocative	κᾰμᾰ́ρᾱ kămắrā	κᾰμᾰ́ρᾱ kămắrā	κᾰμᾰ́ραι kămắrai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Greek: καμάρα (kamára)
→ Arabic: كَمَرَة (kamara), قُمْرَة (qumra)
→ Latin: camara, camera (see there for further descendants)
⇒ Italian: Cammarata
→? Old Georgian: კამარაჲ (ḳamaray)
- →? Georgian: კამარა (ḳamara)

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “καμάρα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 629–630
^ Lagarde, Paul de (1877) Armenische Studien (in German), Göttingen: Dieterich, page 73
^ Fick A. (1909) “Hesychglossen VI”, in Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung‎, volume 43, pages 137–138
^ Hemmerdinger, Bertrand (1971) “173 noms communs grecs d'origine iranienne”, in Byzantinoslavica‎ (in French), volume 32, page 54 of 52–55
^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kemer”, in Nişanyan Sözlük.

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kaˈma.ɾa/
Hyphenation: κα‧μά‧ρα

Noun

καμάρα • (kamára) f (plural καμάρες)

(architecture) arch
Synonym: αψίδα f (apsída)
(anatomy) arch (the curved part of the bottom of a foot)
(gymnastics) bridge

Declension

Declension of **καμάρα**
	singular	plural
nominative	καμάρα (kamára)	καμάρες (kamáres)
genitive	καμάρας (kamáras)	καμαρών (kamarón)
accusative	καμάρα (kamára)	καμάρες (kamáres)
vocative	καμάρα (kamára)	καμάρες (kamáres)

References

^ καμάρα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

[1] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “καμάρα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 629–630

[2] Lagarde, Paul de (1877) Armenische Studien (in German), Göttingen: Dieterich, page 73

[3] Fick A. (1909) “Hesychglossen VI”, in Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung‎, volume 43, pages 137–138

[4] Hemmerdinger, Bertrand (1971) “173 noms communs grecs d'origine iranienne”, in Byzantinoslavica‎ (in French), volume 32, page 54 of 52–55

[5] Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kemer”, in Nişanyan Sözlük.

[6] καμάρα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

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