Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Semitic *namir-.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

نَمِر or نِمْر (namir or nimrm (plural نُمُور (numūr), feminine نَمِرَة (namira) or نِمْرَة (nimra))

  1. (proscribed) tiger
    Synonym: بَبْر (babr)
  2. (zoology) leopard
    Synonym: فَهْد (fahd)
    • a. 897, Al-Buḥturiyy, edited by Ḥasan Kāmil Al-Ṣayrafiyy, ديوان البحتري (Ḏaḵāʾir al-ʿArab), 3rd edition, volume 2, Dār al-Maʿārif, →ISBN, page 957:
      كُفُّوا وَإِلَّا كَفَفْتُمْ مُضْمِرِي أَسَفٍ
      إِذَا تَنَمَّرَ فِي إِقْدَامِهِ ٱلنَّمِرُ
      kuffū wa-ʔillā kafaftum muḍmirī ʔasafin
      ʔiḏā tanammara fī ʔiqdāmihi n-namiru
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension edit

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

نَمُرُّ (namurru) (form I)

  1. first-person plural non-past active indicative of مَرَّ (marra)

Verb edit

نَمُرَّ (namurra) (form I)

  1. first-person plural non-past active subjunctive of مَرَّ (marra)
  2. first-person plural non-past active jussive of مَرَّ (marra)

Verb edit

نَمُرِّ (namurri) (form I)

  1. first-person plural non-past active jussive of مَرَّ (marra)

Gulf Arabic edit

Etymology edit

Root
ن م ر
1 term

From Arabic نَمِر (namir), from Proto-Semitic *namir-.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

نمر (nimirm (plural نمور (n(u)mūr))

  1. tiger

Moroccan Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic نَمِر (namir), from Proto-Semitic *namir-.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /nmar/
  • (file)

Noun edit

نمر (nmarm (plural نمور (nmūr) or نمورة (nmūra), feminine نمرة (namra))

  1. tiger

South Levantine Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic نَمِر (namir).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /nimr/, [ˈnɪ.m(ɪ)r]
  • (file)

Noun edit

نمر (nimrm (plural نمورة (nmūra))

  1. tiger
  2. leopard