سمور
Arabic
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Persian smwl (*samōr, “sable”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sam.muːr/
Noun
سَمُّور • (sammūr) m (collective, singulative سَمُّورَة f (sammūra), plural سَمَامِير (samāmīr))
Declension
| collective | basic collective triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | سَمُّور sammūr |
السَّمُّور as-sammūr |
سَمُّور sammūr |
| nominative | سَمُّورٌ sammūrun |
السَّمُّورُ as-sammūru |
سَمُّورُ sammūru |
| accusative | سَمُّورًا sammūran |
السَّمُّورَ as-sammūra |
سَمُّورَ sammūra |
| genitive | سَمُّورٍ sammūrin |
السَّمُّورِ as-sammūri |
سَمُّورِ sammūri |
| singulative | singulative triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | سَمُّورَة sammūra |
السَّمُّورَة as-sammūra |
سَمُّورَة sammūrat |
| nominative | سَمُّورَةٌ sammūratun |
السَّمُّورَةُ as-sammūratu |
سَمُّورَةُ sammūratu |
| accusative | سَمُّورَةً sammūratan |
السَّمُّورَةَ as-sammūrata |
سَمُّورَةَ sammūrata |
| genitive | سَمُّورَةٍ sammūratin |
السَّمُّورَةِ as-sammūrati |
سَمُّورَةِ sammūrati |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | سَمُّورَتَيْن sammūratayn |
السَّمُّورَتَيْن as-sammūratayn |
سَمُّورَتَيْ sammūratay |
| nominative | سَمُّورَتَانِ sammūratāni |
السَّمُّورَتَانِ as-sammūratāni |
سَمُّورَتَا sammūratā |
| accusative | سَمُّورَتَيْنِ sammūratayni |
السَّمُّورَتَيْنِ as-sammūratayni |
سَمُّورَتَيْ sammūratay |
| genitive | سَمُّورَتَيْنِ sammūratayni |
السَّمُّورَتَيْنِ as-sammūratayni |
سَمُّورَتَيْ sammūratay |
| paucal (3-10) | sound feminine paucal | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | سَمُّورَات sammūrāt |
السَّمُّورَات as-sammūrāt |
سَمُّورَات sammūrāt |
| nominative | سَمُّورَاتٌ sammūrātun |
السَّمُّورَاتُ as-sammūrātu |
سَمُّورَاتُ sammūrātu |
| accusative | سَمُّورَاتٍ sammūrātin |
السَّمُّورَاتِ as-sammūrāti |
سَمُّورَاتِ sammūrāti |
| genitive | سَمُّورَاتٍ sammūrātin |
السَّمُّورَاتِ as-sammūrāti |
سَمُّورَاتِ sammūrāti |
| plural of variety | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | سَمَامِير samāmīr |
السَّمَامِير as-samāmīr |
سَمَامِير samāmīr |
| nominative | سَمَامِيرُ samāmīru |
السَّمَامِيرُ as-samāmīru |
سَمَامِيرُ samāmīru |
| accusative | سَمَامِيرَ samāmīra |
السَّمَامِيرَ as-samāmīra |
سَمَامِيرَ samāmīra |
| genitive | سَمَامِيرَ samāmīra |
السَّمَامِيرِ as-samāmīri |
سَمَامِيرِ samāmīri |
Descendants
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian سمور (samur, “sable”), from Middle Persian smwl (*samōr, “sable”).
Noun
سمور • (samur or semur) (definite accusative سموری (samuru), plural سمورلر (samurlar))
- sable, any carnivorous mammal of the species Martes zibellina and its pelt or fur
Derived terms
- آلا سمور (ala samur, “spotted sable”)
- سمور طرناغی (samur tırnağı, “sort of medicament”)
- سمور كورك (samur kürk, “fur coat made of sable”)
- صاری سمور (sarı samur, “pine marten”)
- صو سموری (su samuru, “otter”)
- مسك سموری (misk samuru, “mink”)
Descendants
Descendants
- Turkish: samur
- → Albanian: samur
- → Armenian: սամուր (samur), սամուռ (samuṙ)
- → Bulgarian: саму́р (samúr), съму́рь (sǎmúrʹ)
- → Byzantine Greek: σαμούριον (samoúrion)
- → Greek: σαμούρι (samoúri)
- → Old Church Slavonic: самꙋринъ (samurinŭ)
- → Crimean Tatar: samur / самур
- → Macedonian: самур (samur)
- → Romanian: samur
- → Serbo-Croatian: sàmūr / са̀мӯр
Further reading
- Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886) “سمور”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 97
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “samur”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4052
- Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “سمور”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 275b
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “سمور”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 692
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Mustela Scythica”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum[3], Vienna, column 1109
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “سمور”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[4], Vienna, column 2676
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “samur”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “سمور”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1079
Persian
Alternative forms
- صمور (samur)
Etymology
From Middle Persian smwl (*samōr); see there for further information.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /sa.ˈmoːɾ/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [sä.móːɾ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [sæ.múːɹ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [sä.mɵ́ɾ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | samōr |
| Dari reading? | samōr |
| Iranian reading? | samur |
| Tajik reading? | samür |
Noun
سمور • (samôr)
Derived terms
- سمور آبی (“otter”)
Descendants
Descendants
- → Middle Armenian: սամուր (samur)
- → Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: semûr
- → Malay: samur
- → Ottoman Turkish: سمور (samur)
- Turkish: samur
- → Albanian: samur
- → Armenian: սամուր (samur), սամուռ (samuṙ)
- → Bulgarian: саму́р (samúr), съму́рь (sǎmúrʹ)
- → Byzantine Greek: σαμούριον (samoúrion)
- → Greek: σαμούρι (samoúri)
- → Old Church Slavonic: самꙋринъ (samurinŭ)
- → Crimean Tatar: samur / самур
- → Macedonian: самур (samur)
- → Romanian: samur
- → Serbo-Croatian: sàmūr / са̀мӯр
- → Punjabi:
- Gurmukhi script: ਸਮੂਰ (samūr)
- Shahmukhi script: سمور (samūr)
- → Romani: samur
- → Turkmen: samyr / самыр
References
- Palatecʻi, Gēorg Dpir (1829) “սէմմուր”, in Baṙaran Parskerēn əst kargi haykakan aybubenicʻ [Persian Dictionary in the Order of the Armenian Alphabet] (in Armenian), Constantinople: Boghos Arabian Press, page 476b