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)