سمر

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See also: شمر

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
س م ر (s m r)
6 terms

Verb

سَمَرَ (samara) I (non-past يَسْمُرُ (yasmuru), verbal noun سَمْرَة (samra) or سَمْر (samr) or سُمُور (sumūr))

  1. to keep, watch, preserve, to stay awake, to speak at night, to speak late at night, to live night-life, to be around at night (of people and animals)
Conjugation

Verb

سَمَرَ (samara) I (non-past يَسْمُرُ (yasmuru), verbal noun سُمْرَة (sumra) or سَمَار (samār))
سَمِرَ (samira) I (non-past يَسْمَرُ (yasmaru), verbal noun سُمْرَة (sumra) or سَمَار (samār))

  1. to be or become brown
Conjugation

Verb

سَمَّرَ (sammara) II (non-past يُسَمِّرُ (yusammiru), verbal noun تَسْمِير (tasmīr))

  1. to brown, to add brownness to, to tan etc.
Conjugation

Proper noun

سَمَر (samarf

  1. a female given name, Samar
Declension

Noun

سَمُرVachellia tortilis

سَمُر (samurm (collective, singulative سَمُرَة f (samura))

  1. acacia, a plant of several species of the Acacieae tribe
Declension

Etymology 2

Denominal verb of مِسْمَار (mismār).

Verb

سَمَّرَ (sammara) II (non-past يُسَمِّرُ (yusammiru), verbal noun تَسْمِير (tasmīr))

  1. to fasten by means of nails, to tack etc.
  2. to nail
Conjugation

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

سُمْر (sumrm pl

  1. masculine plural of أَسْمَر (ʔasmar)

References

Ottoman Turkish

سمر

Etymology

From Greek σαμάρι (samári, packsaddle), from Ancient Greek σαγμάριον (sagmárion), a diminutive of σάγμᾰ (ságma, packsaddle). Alternatively, it could derive from Proto-Turkic *samar (sack, packsaddle),[1] even though this is less likely.

Noun

سمر (semer) (definite accusative سمری (semeri), plural سمرلر (semerler))

  1. packsaddle, bat, a saddle used to secure and carry goods on the back of an animal
    Synonym: پالان (palan)
  2. porter's knot, a double shoulder pad worn with a strap around the forehead, used by porters
    Synonym: آرقه‌لج (arkalac)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Turkish: semer
  • Armenian: սեմեր (semer), սա̈մա̈ր (sämär)

References

  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*sAmar”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Further reading

Persian

Noun

سمر (samar)

  1. story, tale, legend