كمر

See also: کمر

Arabic

Alternative forms

  • كَمَرَان (kamarān)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (kml /⁠kamar⁠/, “waist; belt”), from Proto-Indo-European *kam- (“to bend”). In Aramaic קַמְרָא, ܩܰܡܪܳܐ (qamrā), in Classical Persian کمر (kamar).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.mar/

Noun

كَمَر • (kamar) m (plural أَكْمَار (ʔakmār))

  1. belt, girdle

Usage notes

In the time of ʿUmar a زُنَّار (zunnār) would mean a belt worn by Christians, Jews, Sabians, Magians and other non-Muslims; for it had become fashionable in the Byzantine Empire under Diocletian and Constantine to wear a ζώνη (zṓnē) or cingulum which was first a symbol of servitude in public office and then in religious office. For Zoroastrians parallelly the conviction developed to wear a كُسْتِيج (kustīj, “belt”), whereas Babylonian Jews wore a هِمْيَان (himyān) הֶמְיָנָא (hemyānā, “belt”). Public officials in the Iranian empire wore a كَمَر (kamar, “belt”) without which no Iranian of distinction would go out, termed in Arabic مِنْطَقَة (minṭaqa, “belt”). With the new Muslim rulers the former girdles were imposed and the كَمَر (kamar) or مِنْطَقَة (minṭaqa) prohibited for non-Muslims. An Arabic term for “girdle” neutral from the beginning is حِزَام (ḥizām).

Declension

Declension of noun كَمَر (kamar)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal كَمَر
kamar 		الْكَمَر
al-kamar 		كَمَر
kamar
nominative كَمَرٌ
kamarun 		الْكَمَرُ
al-kamaru 		كَمَرُ
kamaru
accusative كَمَرًا
kamaran 		الْكَمَرَ
al-kamara 		كَمَرَ
kamara
genitive كَمَرٍ
kamarin 		الْكَمَرِ
al-kamari 		كَمَرِ
kamari
dual indefinite definite construct
informal كَمَرَيْن
kamarayn 		الْكَمَرَيْن
al-kamarayn 		كَمَرَيْ
kamaray
nominative كَمَرَانِ
kamarāni 		الْكَمَرَانِ
al-kamarāni 		كَمَرَا
kamarā
accusative كَمَرَيْنِ
kamarayni 		الْكَمَرَيْنِ
al-kamarayni 		كَمَرَيْ
kamaray
genitive كَمَرَيْنِ
kamarayni 		الْكَمَرَيْنِ
al-kamarayni 		كَمَرَيْ
kamaray
plural basic broken plural triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal أَكْمَار
ʔakmār 		الْأَكْمَار
al-ʔakmār 		أَكْمَار
ʔakmār
nominative أَكْمَارٌ
ʔakmārun 		الْأَكْمَارُ
al-ʔakmāru 		أَكْمَارُ
ʔakmāru
accusative أَكْمَارًا
ʔakmāran 		الْأَكْمَارَ
al-ʔakmāra 		أَكْمَارَ
ʔakmāra
genitive أَكْمَارٍ
ʔakmārin 		الْأَكْمَارِ
al-ʔakmāri 		أَكْمَارِ
ʔakmāri

References

  • “كمر” in Almaany
  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “كمر”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎[1] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 488
  • Levy-Rubin, Mika (2011) Non-Muslims in the Early Islamic Empire. From Surrender to Coexistence, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo, Delhi, Tokyo, Mexico City: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 154–157
  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “كمر”, 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[2], Vienna, column 1881
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “كمر”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1119

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian کمر (kamar, “belt, girdle”), from Middle Persian 𐫞𐫖𐫡 (qmr /⁠kamar⁠/, “vault”), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *kamarā- (“something curved”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɛˈmɛɾ/

Noun

كمر • (kemer)

  1. any girdle or belt, especially a belt of cloth with a buckle or clasps
    Synonyms: قوشاق (kuşak), منطقه (mantaka), نطاق (nitak)
  2. arch, vault, an architectural element having the shape of a bow
    Synonym: طاق (tak)
  3. (geography) mountain pass, a low point in a mountain range
    Synonym: ارغید (arğid)

Derived terms

  • آشجی كمری (aşcı kemeri, “cook's girdle”)
  • آلتون كمری (altın kemeri, “girdle for carrying gold”)
  • صو كمری (su kemeri, “arches of an aqueduct”)
  • كمر آغاجی (kemer ağacı, “strut”)
  • كمر بسته (kemer-beste, “attached”)
  • كمر بند (kemer-bend, “girdle”)
  • كمر ساز (kemer-saz, “beltmaker”)
  • كمرجك (kemercik, “a little girdle”)
  • كمرجی (kemerci, “beltmaker”)
  • كمرلك (kemerlik, “leather belt used to hold tools”)
  • كمرلو (kemerli, “arched, vaulted”)
  • كوپری كمری (köprü kemeri, “arch of a bridge”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: kemer
  • → Albanian: qemer
  • → Armenian: քէմէր (kʻēmēr), քյա̈մա̈ր (kʻyämär)
  • → Bulgarian: кеме́р (kemér)
  • → Greek: κεμέρι (keméri)
  • → Romanian: chimír, chimér

Proper noun

كمر • (kemer)

  1. Kemer (a town and district of Antalya Province, Turkey)
    Synonym: قاردیچ (kardiç) (historical)
  2. Kemer (a town and district of Burdur Province, Turkey)
    Synonym: سرتاچ (sertaç) (historical)

Descendants

Further reading

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