حمر

See also: خمر, جمر, ح م ر, and خ م ر

Arabic

تَحْمِيرُ البَطَاطِسِ (taḥmīru l-baṭāṭisi, roasting of potatoes)

Etymology 1

From the root ح م ر (ḥ-m-r) related to the color red

Verb

حَمَّرَ (ḥammara) II, non-past يُحَمِّرُ‎ (yuḥammiru)

  1. to redden, to color or dye red
  2. to roast
  3. to fry
  4. to brown (as by cooking or baking)
Conjugation

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Adjective

حُمْر (ḥumr) pl

  1. masculine and feminine plural of أَحْمَر (ʾaḥmar, red)

Etymology 3

حُمَر

From Aramaic חֵימָרָא (ḥēmārā) from the root ח־מ־ר (ḥ-m-r) related to “becoming stringent”, “hardening”, “congealing”.

Noun

حُمَر (ḥumar) m

  1. bitumen, asphalt
Declension
Derived terms
  • حُمَرِيّ (ḥumariyy)
حُمَر

Etymology 4

From the root ح م ر (ḥ-m-r) for the red colour of the fruits.

Alternative forms

Noun

حُمَر or حُمُر (ḥumar or ḥumur) m (collective, singulative حُمَرَة (ḥumara) or حُمُرَة (ḥumura))

  1. tamarind
    1. fruit of the tamarind-tree
    2. tamarind-tree, Tamarindus indica, the only species in Tamarindus
Declension

References

  • ḥymr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • ḥmr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 151
  • Freytag, Georg (1830), حمر”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 424
  • Lane, Edward William (1863), حمر”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 640
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), حمر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 239
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