See also: عمر and ع م ر

Arabic edit

Root
غ م ر (ḡ-m-r)

Verb edit

غَمَرَ (ḡamara) I, non-past يَغْمُرُ‎ (yaḡmuru)

  1. to flood, overflow
  2. to drown
  3. to overwhelm, engulf
  4. to submerge, immerse

Conjugation edit

Verb edit

غَمُرَ (ḡamura) I, non-past يَغْمُرُ‎ (yaḡmuru)

  1. (of water) to be abundant, to stand high

Conjugation edit

Noun edit

غَمْر (ḡamrm

  1. verbal noun of غَمَرَ (ḡamara) (form I)
  2. flood, deluge
  3. flooding, inundation

Declension edit

Noun edit

غُمَر (ḡumarm (plural أَغْمَار (ʔaḡmār))

  1. drinking-vessel of man or horse
    • a. 678, الحطيئة, يا لَيتَ كُلَّ خَليلٍ كُنتُ آمُلُهُ (…):
      إِذا يَحارُ هُداةُ الناسِ لَم يَحِرِ
      حَتّى إِذا القَومُ كانوا في رِحالِهِمِ
      كانَ الجَوادُ بِذي الفاثورِ وَالغُمَرِ
      قَد يَملَأُ الجَفنَةَ الشيزى فَيَترِعُها
      When the guides of the people return, they thirst not,
      until the folks are at their camps,
      and the horses are at their trays and bowls,
      then they can fill and implete the wooden stoop.

Declension edit

Urdu edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic غُمَر (ḡumar).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

غُمَر (ğumarm (Hindi spelling ग़ुमर)

  1. small bowl

References edit

  • غمر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • غمر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.