Arabic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Aramaic קמטר / ܩܡܛܪ, from Ancient Greek κάμπτρα (kámptra), and denominal verb.

Noun

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قِمْطَر or قِمَطْر or قَمْطَر (qimṭar or qimaṭr or qamṭarm (plural قَمَاطِر (qamāṭir))

  1. any container to store books, repository, capsa

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Verb

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قَمْطَرَ (qamṭara) Iq (non-past يُقَمْطِرُ (yuqamṭiru), verbal noun قَمْطَرَة (qamṭara))

  1. to colligate, to bring together, to gather, to mass together

Conjugation

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References

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  • qmṭrwn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • qmṭry”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • qmṭryn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 252
  • Freytag, Georg (1835) “قمطر”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 498
  • Vollers, Karl (1897) “Beiträge zur Kenntniss der lebenden arabischen Sprache in Aegypten”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft[2] (in German), volume 51, page 302
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “قمطر”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, pages 1057–1058