کمر

Khalaj

Noun

کَمَر (kamar, kəmər) (definite accusative کَمَری or کَمَرؽ, plural کَمَرلَر or کَمَرلار)

1. Arabic spelling of kamar, kəmər (“hillside, boulder”)

Declension

Declension of کمر

	singular	plural
nominative	کمر	کمرلار
genitive	کمرݧ	کمرلارؽݧ
dative	کمرقا	کمرلارقا
definite accusative	کمرݧ	کمرلارؽ
locative	کمرچا	کمرلارچا
ablative	کمردا	کمرلاردا
instrumental	کمرلا	کمرلارلا
equative	کمروارا	کمرلاروارا

Declension of کمر

	singular	plural
nominative	کمر	کمرلَر
genitive	کمرݧ	کمرلَریݧ
dative	کمرکه	کمرلَرکه
definite accusative	کمرݧ	کمرلَری
locative	کمرچه	کمرلَرچه
ablative	کمرده	کمرلَرده
instrumental	کمرله	کمرلَرله
equative	کمروارا	کمرلَروارا

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (kml /⁠kamar⁠/, “waist, belt, girdle”), 𐫞𐫖𐫡 (qmr /⁠kamar⁠/, “vault”) from Old Persian, from Proto-Iranian *kamarā- (“something curved”), from *kamárati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kmárati, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂m-ér-e-ti, from *kh₂em- (“to bend, curve”) (see there for further cognates). Doublet of کمرا (kamrâ).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Iran):

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Dari	کمر
Iranian Persian
Tajik	камар

• IPA^(key): [kʲæmæɾ]

Noun

کمر • (kamar)

1. waist
2. girdle, belt
3. the middle of a mountain
4. the flank of an army
5. arch, cupola, dome, arched bridge

Derived terms

• کمربند (kamar-band)

Descendants

• → Armenian: քամար (kʻamar)
• → Azerbaijani: kəmər
• → Middle Bengali: কমর (komor)
  • Bengali: কোমর (kōmor)
• → Georgian: ქამარი (kamari)
  • → Bats: ქამარ (kamar)
• → Gujarati: કમર (kamar)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: कमर (kamar)

  Urdu: کمر (kamar)

• → Kashmiri: کَمَر (kamar)
• → Khalaj: kamar
• → Marathi: कंबर (kambar)
• → Punjabi: ਕਮਰ (kamar)
• → Ottoman Turkish: كمر (kemer)
  • Turkish: kemer
  • → Albanian: qemer
  • → Armenian: քէմէր (kʻēmēr), ք^յա̈մա̈ր (kʻ^yämär)
  • → Bulgarian: кеме́р (kemér)
  • → Greek: κεμέρι (keméri)
  • → Romanian: chimír, chimér

Further reading

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “کمر”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 1049

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian کمر (kamar).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /kə.məɾ/

• Audio (Pakistan):

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• Rhymes: -əɾ

Noun

کمر • (kamar) f (Hindi spelling कमर)

1. waist