Arabic

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Semitic *namir-.

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Noun

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نَمِر or نِمْر (namir or nimrm (plural نُمُور (numūr), feminine نَمِرَة (namira) or نِمْرَة (nimra))

  1. (proscribed) tiger
    Synonym: بَبْر (babr)
  2. (zoology) leopard
    Synonym: فَهْد (fahd)
    • a. 897, Al-Buḥturiyy, edited by Ḥasan Kāmil Al-Ṣayrafiyy, ديوان البحتري (Ḏaḵāʾir al-ʿArab), 3rd edition, volume 2, Dār al-Maʿārif, →ISBN, page 957:
      كُفُّوا وَإِلَّا كَفَفْتُمْ مُضْمِرِي أَسَفٍ
      إِذَا تَنَمَّرَ فِي إِقْدَامِهِ ٱلنَّمِرُ
      kuffū wa-ʔillā kafaftum muḍmirī ʔasafin
      ʔiḏā tanammara fī ʔiqdāmihi n-namiru
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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نَمُرُّ (namurru) (form I)

  1. first-person plural non-past active indicative of مَرَّ (marra)

Verb

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نَمُرَّ (namurra) (form I)

  1. first-person plural non-past active subjunctive of مَرَّ (marra)
  2. first-person plural non-past active jussive of مَرَّ (marra)

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نَمُرِّ (namurri) (form I)

  1. first-person plural non-past active jussive of مَرَّ (marra)

Gulf Arabic

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Etymology

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Root
ن م ر
1 term

From Arabic نَمِر (namir), from Proto-Semitic *namir-.

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Noun

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نمر (nimirm (plural نمور (n(u)mūr))

  1. tiger

Moroccan Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic نَمِر (namir), from Proto-Semitic *namir-.

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  • IPA(key): /nmar/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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نمر (nmarm (plural نمور (nmūr) or نمورة (nmūra), feminine نمرة (namra))

  1. tiger

South Levantine Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic نَمِر (namir).

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Noun

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نمر (nimrm (plural نمورة (nmūra))

  1. tiger
  2. leopard