حمر

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See also: خمر, جمر, ح م ر, and خ م ر

Arabic[edit]

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

Etymology 1[edit]

Root
ح م ر (ḥ-m-r)

Causative to أَحْمَر (ʔaḥmar, red).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

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[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective[edit]

حُمْر (ḥumrpl

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

Etymology 3[edit]

حُمَر
 Asphaltum on Arabic Wikipedia

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

Noun[edit]

حُمَر (ḥumarm

  1. bitumen, asphalt
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 4[edit]

Root
ح م ر (ḥ-m-r)
حُمَر
 Tamarindus indica on Arabic Wikipedia

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

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

حُمَر or حُمُر (ḥumar or ḥumurm (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[edit]
Descendants[edit]

Etymology 5[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun[edit]

حُمُر (ḥumurm pl

  1. plural of حِمَار (ḥimār)

References[edit]

  • 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[1] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 424
  • Landberg, Carlo, editor (1920), Glossaire daṯînois[2] (in French), Leiden: Brill, page 482
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “حمر”, in Arabic-English Lexicon[3], 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[edit]

Adjective[edit]

حمر (ḥumr)

  1. plural of أحمر

Moroccan Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic أَحْمَر (ʔaḥmar).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ħmar/
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Adjective[edit]

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[edit]

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)