شمر

See also: سمر

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ش م ر (š-m-r).

Verb

شَمَرَ (šamara) I, non-past يَشْمُرُ‎ (yašmuru)

  1. to tuck up, to raise
Conjugation

Verb

شَمَّرَ (šammara) II, non-past يُشَمِّرُ‎ (yušammiru)

  1. to tuck up, to raise
Conjugation

Noun

شَمْر (šamr) m

  1. verbal noun of شَمَرَ (šamara) (form I)
Declension

Adjective

شِمْر • (šimr)

(rare)
  1. light, agile, active, swift
Declension

Etymology 2

From Aramaic סמר (smar, fennel), from Akkadian 𒌑𒄩 (šimru, simru, fennel).

Alternative forms

Noun

شَمَر (šamar) m

  1. fennel (Foeniculum gen.)
  2. dill (Anethum graveolens)
Declension

Noun

شَمَّر (šammar) m

  1. the Arabic tribe of Shammar
  2. ellipsis of إِمَارَةُ جَبَلِ شَمَّرَ‎ (ʾimāratu jabali šammara, Emirate of Jabal Shammar, a state derived from the tribe)
Declension

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1833), شمر”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 449
  • Lane, Edward William (1863), شمر”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 1595–1596
  • Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), شمر”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, pages 673–674

Persian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *swem(bh)- (to be unsteady, swim).

Noun

Dari Persian شمر
Iranian Persian شمر
Tajiki Persian шамар (šamar)

شمر (šamar)

  1. pond

Verb

Dari Persian شمر
Iranian Persian شمر
Tajiki Persian шумур (šumur)

شمر (šemor)

  1. present stem form of شمردن

Etymology 3

From Arabic شِمْر (šimr).

Proper noun

شمر (Šemr)

  1. (Islam) Shemr, who is held responsible by followers of Shi'a Islam for the murder of Hussein ibn Ali at the battle of Karbala.
  2. (by extension) A wicked person.
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