كمرة

Arabic

Etymology 1

From English camera.

Noun

كَمِرَة • (kamira) f (plural كَمِرَات (kamirāt))

1. alternative form of كَاميرا (kāmērā, “camera”)

Declension

Declension of noun كَمِرَة (kamira)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كَمِرَة kamira	الْكَمِرَة al-kamira	كَمِرَة kamirat
Nominative	كَمِرَةٌ kamiratun	الْكَمِرَةُ al-kamiratu	كَمِرَةُ kamiratu
Accusative	كَمِرَةً kamiratan	الْكَمِرَةَ al-kamirata	كَمِرَةَ kamirata
Genitive	كَمِرَةٍ kamiratin	الْكَمِرَةِ al-kamirati	كَمِرَةِ kamirati

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek καμάρᾱ (kamárā) or Latin camara.

Noun

كَمَرَة • (kamara) f (plural كِمَار (kimār))

1. the tip of the penis, the glans

   Synonyms: حَشَفَة (ḥašafa), فَيْشَلَة (fayšala)

   • 15th century CE, Jalāl al-Dīn al-Suyūṭī, نَوَاضِرُ الْأَيْكِ فِي مَعْرِفَةِ النَّيْكِ [nawāḍiru l-ʔayki fī maʕrifati n-nayki, The Vibrant Thickets: On the Knowledge of Sex]:

     قَالَ أَبُو خَالِدٍ الْمُعْتَزِلِيُّ: وَدَدْتُ لَوْ أَنَّ كَمَرَتَيْنِ فِي رَأْسِي، حَتَى إِذَا جَامَعْتُ أَدْخُلَ كَمَا أَنَا فِي حِرِ الْمَرْأَةِ.

     qāla ʔabū ḵālidini l-muʕtaziliyyu: wadadtu law ʔanna kamaratayni fī raʔsī, ḥatā ʔiḏā jāmaʕtu ʔadḵula kamā ʔanā fī ḥiri l-marʔati.

     ʾAbū Ḵālid the Muʿtazilite once said, "I wish there were a double glans on my head so that, when I make love, I can slide whole inside the woman's orifice."

2. arch, vault
3. beam, girder, what is somewhere on top and bears load

Declension

Declension of noun كَمَرَة (kamara)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كَمَرَة kamara	الْكَمَرَة al-kamara	كَمَرَة kamarat
Nominative	كَمَرَةٌ kamaratun	الْكَمَرَةُ al-kamaratu	كَمَرَةُ kamaratu
Accusative	كَمَرَةً kamaratan	الْكَمَرَةَ al-kamarata	كَمَرَةَ kamarata
Genitive	كَمَرَةٍ kamaratin	الْكَمَرَةِ al-kamarati	كَمَرَةِ kamarati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كَمَرَتَيْن kamaratayn	الْكَمَرَتَيْن al-kamaratayn	كَمَرَتَيْ kamaratay
Nominative	كَمَرَتَانِ kamaratāni	الْكَمَرَتَانِ al-kamaratāni	كَمَرَتَا kamaratā
Accusative	كَمَرَتَيْنِ kamaratayni	الْكَمَرَتَيْنِ al-kamaratayni	كَمَرَتَيْ kamaratay
Genitive	كَمَرَتَيْنِ kamaratayni	الْكَمَرَتَيْنِ al-kamaratayni	كَمَرَتَيْ kamaratay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كِمَار kimār	الْكِمَار al-kimār	كِمَار kimār
Nominative	كِمَارٌ kimārun	الْكِمَارُ al-kimāru	كِمَارُ kimāru
Accusative	كِمَارًا kimāran	الْكِمَارَ al-kimāra	كِمَارَ kimāra
Genitive	كِمَارٍ kimārin	الْكِمَارِ al-kimāri	كِمَارِ kimāri

Derived terms

• كَمَرَ (kamara, “to try to outdo with the size of the glans penis; to hurt the glans penis of”)
• مِكْمَرَة (mikmara, “damper”)

References

• “كمرة” in Almaany
• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “كمرة”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 488
• Freytag, Georg (1837) “كمرة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 58–59
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “كمرة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[3], London: Williams & Norgate, page 2631
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “كمرة”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[4] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1119

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From English camera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.mi.ra/, [ka.mɪ.ra]

Noun

كمرة • (kamira) f (plural كمرات (kamirāt))

1. camera

   Alternative forms: كاميرا, كامرا

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From English camera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ma.ra/, [ˈkɑ.mɑ.rˤɑ]

• Audio (al-Lidd):

  (file)

Noun

كمرة • (kamara) f (plural كمرات (kamarāt))

1. camera

   Synonym: آلة تصوير (ʔālet taṣwīr)

   كمرة فيديو ― kamrat vīdyo ― video camera