سمور

Arabic

سَمُّورَة

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Persian smwl (*samōr, sable).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sam.muːr/

Noun

سَمُّور • (sammūr) m (collective, singulative سَمُّورَة f (sammūra), plural سَمَامِير (samāmīr))

  1. sable, marten

Declension

Descendants

  • Spanish: zamarra, chamarra (possibly)

Ottoman Turkish

سمور

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian سمور (samur, sable), from Middle Persian smwl (*samōr, sable).

Noun

سمور • (samur, semur)

  1. sable, any carnivorous mammal of the species Martes zibellina and its pelt or fur

Derived terms

  • آلا سمور (ala samur, spotted sable)
  • سمور طرناغی (samur tırnağı, sort of medicament)
  • سمور كورك (samur kürk, fur coat made of sable)
  • صاری سمور (sarı samur, pine marten)
  • صو سموری (su samuru, otter)
  • مسك سموری (misk samuru, mink)

Descendants

Further reading

Persian

Alternative forms

  • صمور (samur)

Etymology

From Middle Persian smwl (*samōr); see there for further information.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [sä.móːɾ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [sä.móːɾ]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [sä.mʊ́ːɾ]

Readings
Classical reading? samōr
Dari reading? samōr
Iranian reading? samur
Tajik reading? samür

Noun

سمور • (samôr)

  1. sable

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • Palatecʻi, Gēorg Dpir (1829) “սէմմուր”, in Baṙaran Parskerēn əst kargi haykakan aybubenicʻ [Persian Dictionary in the Order of the Armenian Alphabet] (in Armenian), Constantinople: Boghos Arabian Press, page 476b
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