kamra

From the Hungarian noun kamara.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɒmrɒ]
• Hyphenation: kam‧ra
• Rhymes: -rɒ

kamra (plural kamrák)

1. pantry, larder
2. chamber
3. (anatomy) ventricle (one of two lower chambers of the heart)

• kamra 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.

• karma, marka

kamra

1. indefinite accusative plural of kamar
2. indefinite genitive plural of kamar

Eventually from Latin camera, from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára). It is possible that the form was inherited from Arabic قَمْرَة (qamra), but this depends on the age of this borrowing (said to be from Italo-Romance). Otherwise a borrowing from Sicilian càmmara, càmmira. The plural kmamar seems to reflect the Sicilian gemination. Doublet of kamera and ċimnija.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkam.ra/

kamra f (plural kmamar)

1. room
   • 2018, Antoinette Borg, Amina, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:

     “IMMA … mhux se teħlisha ħafif għal li għamilt, Amina. Ma nistax nibqa’ nwissik biss u int tibqa’ tagħmel ta’ rasek. Dawn il-jumejn, illum u għada, se tqattagħhom f’kamra waħdek, f’dan is-sular. Mhux se tattendi lezzjonijiet —”

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• kamrene

kamra n

1. definite plural of kammer

Borrowed from Dutch kamer (“room”).

kamra

1. room

• Aukan: kambaa
• Saramaccan: kámba
• → Caribbean Hindustani: kamra

• Wilner, John, editor (2003-2007), “kamra”, in Languages of Suriname, 5th edition, SIL International, Sranan-English Dictionary