سمر

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Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Root
س م ر (s m r)
6 terms

Verb

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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)
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Verb

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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
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Verb

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

  1. to brown, to add brownness to, to tan etc.
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Proper noun

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سَمَر (samarf

  1. a female given name, Samar
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Noun

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سَمُرVachellia tortilis

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

  1. acacia, a plant of several species of the Acacieae tribe
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Etymology 2

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Denominal verb of مِسْمَار (mismār).

Verb

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

  1. to fasten by means of nails, to tack etc.
  2. to nail
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Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

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سُمْر (sumrm pl

  1. masculine plural of أَسْمَر (ʔasmar)

References

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Ottoman Turkish

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سمر

Etymology

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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

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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

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Descendants

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

References

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  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

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Persian

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Noun

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سمر (samar)

  1. story, tale, legend