komar

See also: Komar and komár

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *komarъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔmar/

Noun

komar m animal

1. (archaic) mosquito

Declension

Declension of komar

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	komar	komara	komary
Genitive	komara	komarowu	komarow
Dative	komaroju	komaroma	komaram
Accusative	komara	komarowu	komary, komarow
Instrumental	komarom	komaroma	komarami
Locative	komarje	komaroma	komarach

Synonyms

• kuntwora
• pšyca

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ukrainian кома́р (komár), from Proto-Slavic *komarъ. Replaced native Old Polish komor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.mar/

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• Rhymes: -ɔmar
• Syllabification: ko‧mar

Noun

komar m animal

1. mosquito

Declension

Declension of komar

	singular	plural
nominative	komar	komary
genitive	komara	komarów
dative	komarowi	komarom
accusative	komara	komary
instrumental	komarem	komarami
locative	komarze	komarach
vocative	komarze	komary

Derived terms

adjectives

• komarowy
• komarzy

 

nouns

• komarnik
• komarzyca
• komarzysko

 

Further reading

• komar in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• komar in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *komarъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔmàːr/

Noun

komár m anim

1. mosquito

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine anim., soft o-stem
nom. sing.	komár
gen. sing.	komárja
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	komár	komárja	komárji
genitive (rodȋlnik)	komárja	komárjev	komárjev
dative (dajȃlnik)	komárju	komárjema	komárjem
accusative (tožȋlnik)	komárja	komárja	komárje
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	komárju	komárjih	komárjih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	komárjem	komárjema	komárji

Further reading

• “komar”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Turkish

Rhododendron ponticum flower

Alternative forms

• kumar

Etymology

From Pontic Greek κομάρι (komári).

Noun

komar (Hemşin)

1. common rhododendron, pontic rhododendron (Rhododendron ponticum)

   Synonyms: kafil, kaful, kara ağu, orman gülü, zelenika

   Coordinate term: zifin

Derived terms

• dağ kumarı (“Rhododendron caucasicum”)

Further reading

• Rhododendron ponticum on the Turkish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^tr
• Alkayış, Fatih (2007) Türkiye Türkçesinde bitki adları [Plant Names in Turkish of Turkey] (in Turkish), doctoral thesis, Kayseri: T.C. Erciyes Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, page 445
• Baytop, Turhan (1984) Türkiye'de bitkiler ile tedavi (geçmişte ve bugün) (İstanbul Üniversitesi yayınları; 3255)‎^[2], Istanbul: Istanbul University, pages 179a, 306
• Baytop, Turhan (2007) Türkçe bitki adları sözlüğü [Dictionary of Turkish Plant Names] (Atatürk Kültür, Dil ve Tarih Yüksek Kurumu Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınlan; 578), 3rd edition, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 182
• Aleksiva, Irfan Çağatay (2020) “şǩeri”, in Dictionary of Laz Plant Names (LINCOM Scientific Dictionaries; 3), München: LINCOM GmbH, page 45
• Emiroğlu, Kudret (1989) “kumar”, in Trabzon-Maçka Etimoloji Sözlüğü [Trabzon-Maçka Etymological Dictionary]‎^[3] (in Turkish), Ankara: Sanat Kitabevi, page 165b
• Genç, Tuğçe (2021) Trabzon Örneğinde Rumca-Türkçe Dil İlişkisi (Yüksek Lisans Tezi) (in Turkish), Ankara: Hacettepe Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, pages 40, 84
• Tietze, Andreas (1955) “Griechische Lehnwörter im anatolischen Türkisch”, in Oriens (in German), volume 8, number 2, →DOI, § 136, page 226, unaware of the Pontic Greek word derives from Greek κούμαρο (koúmaro), κόμαρο (kómaro)