قمر

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ق م ر (q-m-r). The Arabic word for the moon is alone in the Semitic languages and of unknown origin.

Verb

قَمَرَ (qamara) I, non-past يَقْمِرُ‎ (yaqmiru)

  1. to gamble

Conjugation

Verb

قَمَرَ (qamara) I, non-past يَقْمِرُ or يَقْمُرُ‎ (yaqmiru or yaqmuru)

  1. to defeat in gambling

Conjugation

Verb

قَمِرَ (qamira) I, non-past يَقْمَرُ‎ (yaqmaru)

  1. to be or become snow-blind

Conjugation

Verb

قَمَّرَ (qammara) II, non-past يُقَمِّرُ‎ (yuqammiru)

  1. to toast (bread)

Conjugation

Noun

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قَمَر (qamar) m (plural أَقْمَار (ʾaqmār))

  1. moon
  2. satellite
  3. snow blindness

Declension

Noun

قَمْر (qamr) m

  1. verbal noun of قَمِرَ (qamira) (form I)
  2. verbal noun of قَمَرَ (qamara) (form I)

Declension

References

  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), قمر”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 403
  • Freytag, Georg (1835), قمر”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 495–496
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), قمر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen, page 855
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), قمر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4, page 923

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic قَمَر (qamar).

Noun

قمر (qamar) (plural اقمار (aqmâr) or قمرها (qamar-hâ))

  1. (archaic, poetic) moon
  2. satellite

Synonyms

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