תמרא
Aramaic
editEtymology 1
editCognate to a Hebrew hapax in Psalm 77, 5 transmitted שְׁמֻרֹות (šəmūrōṯ, “eyelids”) of which the singular is conjectured שְׁמֻרָה (šəmūrā), however Paul Haupt recommends to vocalize שִׁמֻּרֹות (šimmūrōṯ) in view of Jewish Literary Aramaic תִּמּוּרְתָּא (timmūrtā, “eyelid”). Related further to Arabic ثَمَلَ (ṯamala, “to stay, to remain staying; to assist, to stand by”) and ثُمَالَة (ṯumāla, “dregs, sediment”), affirming an original meaning of “to stare at” or else to “attend to, to be in a fixed position with” for Hebrew שָׁמַר (šāmár, “to guard”), Akkadian 𒊭𒈠𒊒𒌝 (šamārum, “to rear up, to be enraged, to glower”), Proto-Semitic *ṯamar-; Arabic سَمَرَ (samara, “to stay awake at night”) is hence unrelated to the Hebrew “guarding”.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editתמרא • (timrā) m (plural תמרא (timrē))
Alternative forms
editEtymology 2
editCognate with Arabic ثَمَر (ṯamar, “fruits”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editתמרא • (tamrā, tamrē, təmārā) m (singulative תמרתא (tmartā), and תומרתא (tumartā), collective of təmārā תמריא (təmārayyā), plural of tamrā and the singulative תמרי (tamrē), and תומרי (tumrē))
- dates (fruit)
- date palms
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “tmr2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- “twmrh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Haupt, Paul (1917) “The Disease of King Teumman of Elam”, in Journal of the Society of Oriental Research[1], volume 1, pages 90–91