حمر

See also: خمر, جمر, ح م ر, and خ م ر

Arabic

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

Etymology 1

Root
ح م ر (ḥ-m-r)

Causative to أَحْمَر (ʔaḥmar, red).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħam.ma.ra/

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 corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

حُمْر • (ḥumr) pl

  1. animate/inanimate masculine/feminine plural of أَحْمَر (ʔaḥmar, 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)

Etymology 4

Root
ح م ر (ḥ-m-r)
حُمَر

From أَحْمَر (ʔaḥmar, red) for the red colour of the fruits.

Alternative forms

Noun

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

  1. tamarind
    1. fruit of the tamarind-tree
    2. tamarind-tree (Tamarindus indica), the only species in Tamarindus
Declension
Descendants
  • Amharic: ሃሞር (hamor)
  • Ge'ez: ሖመር (ḥomär), ሐሞር (ḥämor), ሐመር (ḥämär), ኆመር (ḫomär)
  • Saho: homar
  • Somali: homar, hamar
  • Tigre: ሖመር (ḥomär), ኆመር (ḫomär)
  • Tigrinya: ሖመር (ḥomär), ሕሞር (ḥəmor), ሑሞር (ḥumor), ሕምር (ḥəmər), ሃመር (hamär), ሆመር (homär), ህሞር (həmor)

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

حُمُر • (ḥumur) m pl

  1. plural of حِمَار (ḥimār)

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
  • Landberg, Carlo, editor (1920), Glossaire daṯînois (in French), Leiden: Brill, page 482
  • 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

Egyptian Arabic

Adjective

حمر • (ḥumr)

  1. plural of أحمر

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic أَحْمَر (ʔaḥmar).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħmar/
  • (file)

Adjective

حمر • (ḥmar) (feminine حمرا (ḥamra), common plural حومر (ḥūmer), masculine plural حمرين (ḥamrīn), feminine plural حمرات (ḥamrāt), elative أحمر (ʔaḥmar) or حمر (ḥmar))

  1. red

See also

Colors in Moroccan Arabic · ألوان (ʔalwān) (layout · text)
     بيض (byaḍ)      رمادي (rmādi)      كحل (kḥal)
             حمر (ḥmar); قرمزي (qarmzi)              ليموني (līmūni, laymūni), لتشيني (litšīni); قهوي (qahwi)              صفر (ṣfar)
             ليمي (līmi)              خضر (ḵḍar)              نعناعي (naʕnāʕi)
             سماوي (smāwi)              لازوردي (lāzūrdi)              زرق (zraq)
             قوقي (qūqi), موڤ (mūv), بنفسجي (banafsaji)              أرجواني (ʔurjwāni)              وردي (wardi), فجلي (fajli)
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