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 کمر (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.
κᾰμᾰ́ρᾱ • (kămắrā) f (genitive κᾰμᾰ́ρᾱς); first declension
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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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 têi 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 | ||||||||||
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Inherited from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára).
καμάρα • (kamára) f (plural καμάρες)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | καμάρα (kamára) | καμάρες (kamáres) |
genitive | καμάρας (kamáras) | καμαρών (kamarón) |
accusative | καμάρα (kamára) | καμάρες (kamáres) |
vocative | καμάρα (kamára) | καμάρες (kamáres) |