معمار

Arabic

Root
ع م ر (ʕ-m-r)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miʕ.maːr/

Noun

مِعْمَار • (miʕmār) m

1. architecture, building
2. architect, builder

Declension

Declension of noun مِعْمَار (miʕmār)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِعْمَار miʕmār	الْمِعْمَار al-miʕmār	مِعْمَار miʕmār
Nominative	مِعْمَارٌ miʕmārun	الْمِعْمَارُ al-miʕmāru	مِعْمَارُ miʕmāru
Accusative	مِعْمَارًا miʕmāran	الْمِعْمَارَ al-miʕmāra	مِعْمَارَ miʕmāra
Genitive	مِعْمَارٍ miʕmārin	الْمِعْمَارِ al-miʕmāri	مِعْمَارِ miʕmāri

Derived terms

• مِعْمَارِيّ (miʕmāriyy)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: memar
• → Ottoman Turkish: معمار (mi'mâr)
  • Turkish: mimar
  • → Armenian: մէմար (mēmar), մէյմար (mēymar)
  • → Bulgarian: мима́р (mimár)
  • → Romanian: maimar
  • → Serbo-Croatian:
    • Cyrillic script: мѝма̄р
    • Latin script: mìmār
• → Persian: معمار (me'mâr)
• → Urdu: معمار (me'mār)
• → Uzbek: meʼmor

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِعْمَار (miʕmār).

Noun

معمار • (mi'mâr)

1. architect

Derived terms

• معمارلق (mi'mârlık)

Related terms

• معماری (mi'mârî)

Descendants

• Turkish: mimar
• → Armenian: մէմար (mēmar), մէյմար (mēymar)
• → Bulgarian: мима́р (mimár)
• → Romanian: maimar
• → Serbo-Croatian:
  • Cyrillic script: мѝма̄р
  • Latin script: mìmār

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِعْمَار (miʕmār).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [miʔ.ˈmɑːɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [me̞ʔ.mɑ́ːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [me̞ʔ.mɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [meː.mɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [meː.mɔ́ːɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [meʔ.mɒ́ːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [meʔ.mɔ́ɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	mi'mār
Dari reading?	me'mār
Iranian reading?	me'mâr
Tajik reading?	meʾmor

Noun

Dari	معمار
Iranian Persian
Tajik	меъмор

معمار • (me'mâr)

1. architect

   Synonym: مهراز (mehrâz)

2. builder
3. mason

Related terms

• معماری (me'mâri)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِعْمَار (miʕmār).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /meː.(ʔ)mɑːɾ/

Noun

مِعْمار • (me'mār) m (Hindi spelling मेमार)

1. architect