hamar

• IPA^(key): [hɑˈmɑr]
• Hyphenation: ha‧mar

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hamar (comparative daha hamar, superlative ən hamar)

1. smooth (having a texture that lacks friction, not rough)

   hamar dəri ― smooth skin

2. even (flat and level)

   hamar yol ― an even road

3. (of hair) lank (straight and flat)

   hamar saç ― lank hair

4. polished

• “hamar” in Obastan.com.

• amar (archaic, dialectal)

From Proto-Basque *(h)anbaR (“ten”).^[1] Often compared with Iberian abaŕ (“ten”).^[2]

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /hamar/ [ha.mar]
• IPA^(key): (Southern) /amar/ [a.mar]

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• Rhymes: -amar, -ar
• Hyphenation: ha‧mar

hamar

1. ten

• “hamar”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “hamar”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

From Old Norse hamarr, from Proto-Germanic *hamaraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱmoros, (whence also Sanskrit अश्मरी (aśmarī, “strangury”)), a derivation from *h₂éḱmō (“stone”) (whence also Sanskrit अश्मन् (aśman, “stone”)), from the root *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”).

hamar m (genitive singular hamars, plural hamrar)

1. rock face, stretch of cliff on a mountainside
2. hammer

• (1. and 2.) hamari

Of unknown origin.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɒmɒr]

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• Hyphenation: ha‧mar
• Rhymes: -ɒr

hamar (comparative hamarabb, superlative leghamarabb)

1. soon (within a short time)

   Synonym: hamarosan

2. readily, easily

   Synonym: könnyen

3. (dated) quickly, rapidly, fast

   Synonym: gyorsan

4. (rare) early

   Synonym: korán

hamar (comparative hamarabb, superlative leghamarabb)

1. (archaic) fast, quick, sudden
   • 1803, Mihály Csokonai, A pillangóhoz (To the Butterfly)‎^[2]:

     Hamar-követje a tavasznak, / Hímes pillangó, idvez légy!

     Quick messenger of spring, / glorious butterfly, welcome!

• hamar in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

• marha

From Old Norse hamarr, from Proto-Germanic *hamaraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱmoros, from *h₂éḱmō (“stone”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaːmar/
• Rhymes: -aːmar

hamar m (genitive singular hamars, nominative plural hamrar)

1. hammer (a tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding)
2. steep cliff, crag, rock face
3. (anatomy) malleus, hammer

• berg
• klettur

• harma

• hammar
• håmmår (dialectal)

From Old Norse hamarr. Compare Danish hammer, Faroese hamar, hamari, Icelandic hamar, and Swedish hammare.

• IPA^(key): /²haːmar/, /²hamːar/

hamar m (definite singular hamaren, indefinite plural hamrar, definite plural hamrane)

1. a hammer

   Har de nokre hamrar her?

   Do you have any hammers here?

2. a steep cliff

• hamarhai
• smihamar
• -hamar, -håmmår (in toponymy)

“hamar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-West Germanic *hamar, from Proto-Germanic *hamaraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱmoros, from *h₂éḱmō (“stone”).

Cognate with Old Saxon hamar, Old Frisian hamar, Old English hamor, Old Norse hamarr.

hamar m

1. hammer

• Middle High German: hamer
  • Bavarian: Håmmer
  • German: Hammer
  • Luxembourgish: Hummer
  • Yiddish: האַמער (hamer)

hamar

1. accusative singular of hamarr

From Proto-West Germanic *hamar, from Proto-Germanic *hamaraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱmoros, from *h₂éḱmō (“stone”). Cognate with Old English hamor, Old Frisian hamar, Old High German hamor, Old Norse hamarr.

hamar m

1. hammer

• Low German: Hamer, hamer

From Old Norse hamarr, from Proto-Germanic *hamaraz.

hamar m

1. hammer
2. mountain height, outcrop

• Swedish: hammare (in the first sense), -hammar (in place names, in the second sense)