ثمر

See also: تمر

Arabic

Etymology

Source of the root ث م ر (ṯ-m-r). Doublet of تَمْر (tamr, “date”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θa.mar/

Noun

ثَمَر • (ṯamar) m (collective, singulative ثَمَرَة f (ṯamara), plural ثِمَار (ṯimār) or ثُمُر (ṯumur) or أَثْمَار (ʔaṯmār))

1. (collective) the yield of flowering plants, botanical fruits, crops

   Hyponyms: خَضْرَاوَات (ḵaḍrāwāt), فَاكِهَة (fākiha)

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 7:141:

     وَهُوَ الَّذِي أَنشَأَ جَنَّاتٍ مَّعْرُوشَاتٍ وَغَيْرَ مَعْرُوشَاتٍ وَالنَّخْلَ وَالزَّرْعَ مُخْتَلِفًا أُكُلُهُ وَالزَّيْتُونَ وَالرُّمَّانَ مُتَشَابِهًا وَغَيْرَ مُتَشَابِهٍ ۚ كُلُوا مِن ثَمَرِهِ إِذَا أَثْمَرَ وَآتُوا حَقَّهُ يَوْمَ حَصَادِهِ ۖ وَلَا تُسْرِفُوا ۚ إِنَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ الْمُسْرِفِينَ

     He is the One Who produces gardens—both cultivated and wild—and palm trees, crops of different flavours, olives, and pomegranates—similar in shape, but dissimilar in taste. Eat of the fruit they bear and pay the dues at harvest, but do not waste. Surely He does not like the wasteful.

   1. (collective) the typically sweet- or (less commonly) sour-tasting produce of plants, fruit, fruitage

      Synonym: فَاكِهَة (fākiha)

      Coordinate term: خَضْرَاوَات (ḵaḍrāwāt)

   2. (collective, by extension) something or someone resembling, likened to, or related to fruit (such as natural produce, the result of a happening or an action, offspring or progeny, the produce of anything, the fruit of one's labor, gain, advantage, profit, possessions, riches, money, and so on)
2. (collective, rare) the knots of the whiplash that lacerate the skin; the thong

Declension

Declension of noun ثَمَر (ṯamar)

Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ثَمَر ṯamar	الثَّمَر aṯ-ṯamar	ثَمَر ṯamar
Nominative	ثَمَرٌ ṯamarun	الثَّمَرُ aṯ-ṯamaru	ثَمَرُ ṯamaru
Accusative	ثَمَرًا ṯamaran	الثَّمَرَ aṯ-ṯamara	ثَمَرَ ṯamara
Genitive	ثَمَرٍ ṯamarin	الثَّمَرِ aṯ-ṯamari	ثَمَرِ ṯamari
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ثَمَرَة ṯamara	الثَّمَرَة aṯ-ṯamara	ثَمَرَة ṯamarat
Nominative	ثَمَرَةٌ ṯamaratun	الثَّمَرَةُ aṯ-ṯamaratu	ثَمَرَةُ ṯamaratu
Accusative	ثَمَرَةً ṯamaratan	الثَّمَرَةَ aṯ-ṯamarata	ثَمَرَةَ ṯamarata
Genitive	ثَمَرَةٍ ṯamaratin	الثَّمَرَةِ aṯ-ṯamarati	ثَمَرَةِ ṯamarati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ثَمَرَتَيْن ṯamaratayn	الثَّمَرَتَيْن aṯ-ṯamaratayn	ثَمَرَتَيْ ṯamaratay
Nominative	ثَمَرَتَانِ ṯamaratāni	الثَّمَرَتَانِ aṯ-ṯamaratāni	ثَمَرَتَا ṯamaratā
Accusative	ثَمَرَتَيْنِ ṯamaratayni	الثَّمَرَتَيْنِ aṯ-ṯamaratayni	ثَمَرَتَيْ ṯamaratay
Genitive	ثَمَرَتَيْنِ ṯamaratayni	الثَّمَرَتَيْنِ aṯ-ṯamaratayni	ثَمَرَتَيْ ṯamaratay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ثَمَرَات ṯamarāt	الثَّمَرَات aṯ-ṯamarāt	ثَمَرَات ṯamarāt
Nominative	ثَمَرَاتٌ ṯamarātun	الثَّمَرَاتُ aṯ-ṯamarātu	ثَمَرَاتُ ṯamarātu
Accusative	ثَمَرَاتٍ ṯamarātin	الثَّمَرَاتِ aṯ-ṯamarāti	ثَمَرَاتِ ṯamarāti
Genitive	ثَمَرَاتٍ ṯamarātin	الثَّمَرَاتِ aṯ-ṯamarāti	ثَمَرَاتِ ṯamarāti
Plural of variety	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ثِمَار‎; ثُمُر‎; أَثْمَار ṯimār‎; ṯumur‎; ʔaṯmār	الثِّمَار‎; الثُّمُر‎; الْأَثْمَار aṯ-ṯimār‎; aṯ-ṯumur‎; al-ʔaṯmār	ثِمَار‎; ثُمُر‎; أَثْمَار ṯimār‎; ṯumur‎; ʔaṯmār
Nominative	ثِمَارٌ‎; ثُمُرٌ‎; أَثْمَارٌ ṯimārun‎; ṯumurun‎; ʔaṯmārun	الثِّمَارُ‎; الثُّمُرُ‎; الْأَثْمَارُ aṯ-ṯimāru‎; aṯ-ṯumuru‎; al-ʔaṯmāru	ثِمَارُ‎; ثُمُرُ‎; أَثْمَارُ ṯimāru‎; ṯumuru‎; ʔaṯmāru
Accusative	ثِمَارًا‎; ثُمُرًا‎; أَثْمَارًا ṯimāran‎; ṯumuran‎; ʔaṯmāran	الثِّمَارَ‎; الثُّمُرَ‎; الْأَثْمَارَ aṯ-ṯimāra‎; aṯ-ṯumura‎; al-ʔaṯmāra	ثِمَارَ‎; ثُمُرَ‎; أَثْمَارَ ṯimāra‎; ṯumura‎; ʔaṯmāra
Genitive	ثِمَارٍ‎; ثُمُرٍ‎; أَثْمَارٍ ṯimārin‎; ṯumurin‎; ʔaṯmārin	الثِّمَارِ‎; الثُّمُرِ‎; الْأَثْمَارِ aṯ-ṯimāri‎; aṯ-ṯumuri‎; al-ʔaṯmāri	ثِمَارِ‎; ثُمُرِ‎; أَثْمَارِ ṯimāri‎; ṯumuri‎; ʔaṯmāri

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “ثمر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen, page 209

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ثَمَر (ṯamar).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [sa.ˈmaɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.mǽɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.mǽɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sä.mǽɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [sä.mǽɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sæ.mǽɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.mǽɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	samar
Dari reading?	samar
Iranian reading?	samar
Tajik reading?	samar

Noun

ثمر • (samar)

1. fruit, result, use

   Synonyms: نتیجه (natije), محصول (mahsul)

   آن سیاست ثمر داد. ― ân siyâsat samar dâd. ― That policy was fruitful.

2. (literary) fruit (of plants)

   Synonym: میوه (mive)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “ثمر”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “ثمر”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

Urdu

Noun

ثَمَر • (samar) m (Hindi spelling समर)

1. fruit

   Synonym: پھل (phal)