مطمار

Arabic

Alternative forms

• مِطْمَر (miṭmar)

Etymology

Tool noun from the root ط م ر (ṭ-m-r).

Noun

مِطْمَار • (miṭmār) m (plural مَطَامِير (maṭāmīr))

1. plumb line, plummet

Declension

Declension of noun مِطْمَار (miṭmār)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِطْمَار miṭmār	الْمِطْمَار al-miṭmār	مِطْمَار miṭmār
Nominative	مِطْمَارٌ miṭmārun	الْمِطْمَارُ al-miṭmāru	مِطْمَارُ miṭmāru
Accusative	مِطْمَارًا miṭmāran	الْمِطْمَارَ al-miṭmāra	مِطْمَارَ miṭmāra
Genitive	مِطْمَارٍ miṭmārin	الْمِطْمَارِ al-miṭmāri	مِطْمَارِ miṭmāri
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِطْمَارَيْن miṭmārayn	الْمِطْمَارَيْن al-miṭmārayn	مِطْمَارَيْ miṭmāray
Nominative	مِطْمَارَانِ miṭmārāni	الْمِطْمَارَانِ al-miṭmārāni	مِطْمَارَا miṭmārā
Accusative	مِطْمَارَيْنِ miṭmārayni	الْمِطْمَارَيْنِ al-miṭmārayni	مِطْمَارَيْ miṭmāray
Genitive	مِطْمَارَيْنِ miṭmārayni	الْمِطْمَارَيْنِ al-miṭmārayni	مِطْمَارَيْ miṭmāray
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَطَامِير maṭāmīr	الْمَطَامِير al-maṭāmīr	مَطَامِير maṭāmīr
Nominative	مَطَامِيرُ maṭāmīru	الْمَطَامِيرُ al-maṭāmīru	مَطَامِيرُ maṭāmīru
Accusative	مَطَامِيرَ maṭāmīra	الْمَطَامِيرَ al-maṭāmīra	مَطَامِيرَ maṭāmīra
Genitive	مَطَامِيرَ maṭāmīra	الْمَطَامِيرِ al-maṭāmīri	مَطَامِيرِ maṭāmīri

References

• Freytag, Georg (1835) “مطمار”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 71
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “مطمار”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[2], London: Williams & Norgate, page 1880

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• مطمر (mitmer)
• միթմար (mitmar) — Armeno-Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِطْمَار (miṭmār, “plumb line, plummet”).

Noun

مطمار • (mıtmar)

1. plummet, plumb line, a cord with a weight attached, used to produce a vertical line

   Synonyms: اسقندیل (iskandil), سونده (sonda), شاقول (şakul), گز (gez)

Descendants

• Turkish: mıtmar

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “mıtmar”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3208
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “mıtmar”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[3] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 768
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “مطمار”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 4734
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مطمار”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1892