قمار

Arabic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qi.maːr/

Noun

قِمَار • (qimārm

  1. verbal noun of قَامَرَ (qāmara) (form III)
  2. (uncountable) gambling

Declension

Declension of noun قِمَار (qimār)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal قِمَار
qimār
الْقِمَار
al-qimār
قِمَار
qimār
nominative قِمَارٌ
qimārun
الْقِمَارُ
al-qimāru
قِمَارُ
qimāru
accusative قِمَارًا
qimāran
الْقِمَارَ
al-qimāra
قِمَارَ
qimāra
genitive قِمَارٍ
qimārin
الْقِمَارِ
al-qimāri
قِمَارِ
qimāri

Descendants

  • Hijazi Arabic: قُمَار (gumār)
  • Azerbaijani: qumar
  • Persian: قمار
  • Georgian: ყომარი (q̇omari)
  • Kazakh: құмар (qūmar)
  • → Kurdish:
    Central Kurdish: قومار (qumar)
    Northern Kurdish: qumar
    Southern Kurdish: قومار (qumar)
  • Ottoman Turkish: قمار (kumar)
  • Uyghur: قىمار (qimar)

See also

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ق م ر
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic قِمار (qimār).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡu.ˈmaːr/, [ɡʊ.ˈmaːr]

Noun

قمار • (gumārm

  1. gambling

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قِمَار (qimār, gambling), verbal noun of قَامَرَ (qāmara, to gamble; to risk).

Noun

قمار • (kumar) (definitive accusative قماری (kumarı), plural قمارلر (kumarlar))

  1. gambling, an activity characterised by a balance between winning and losing that is governed by a mixture of skill and chance
    Synonym: میسر (meysir)

Derived terms

  • قمار اوقی (kumar oku, headless arrow-shaft)
  • قمار اوینامق (kumar oynamak, to gamble)
  • قمار اویونی (kumar oyunu, game of chance)
  • قمار كاغدی (kumar kâğıdı, playing card)
  • قمارباز (kumarbaz, gambler)
  • قمارجی (kumarcı, gambler)
  • قمارخانه (kumarhâne, gambling den)

Descendants

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قِمَار (qimār).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? qimār
Dari reading? qimār
Iranian reading? ġemâr
Tajik reading? qimor

Noun

Dari قمار
Iranian Persian
Tajik қимор

قمار • (qemâr)

  1. gambling