حمار

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Arabic

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Root
ح م ر (ḥ m r)
10 terms

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Semitic *ḥimār- (donkey). Cognate with Akkadian 𒀲 (imērum, donkey), Ugaritic 𐎈𐎎𐎗 (ḥmr), Hebrew חמור (khamór), Aramaic ܚܡܪܐ (ḥmārā).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ħi.maːr/
    • (Hijazi) IPA(key): /ħu.maːr/, [ħʊ.maːr]

Noun

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حِمَار (ḥimārm (plural حَمِير (ḥamīr) or حُمُر (ḥumur) or أَحْمِرَة (ʔaḥmira), feminine أَتَان (ʔatān) or حِمَارَة (ḥimāra))

  1. ass, donkey
    في بعض المناطق الريفية، يُعتبر الحمار وسيلة نقل هامة.
    Fī baʿḍi al-manāṭiq ar-riyfiyyah, yuʾtabaru al-ḥimār wasīlat naql ʾhāmiyah.
    In some rural areas, the donkey is considered an important means of transportation.
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 62:5:
      مَثَلُ ٱلَّذِينَ حُمِّلُواْ ٱلتَّوۡرَىٰةَ ثُمَّ لَمۡ يَحۡمِلُوهَا كَمَثَلِ ٱلۡحِمَارِ يَحۡمِلُ أَسۡفَارَۢاۚ بِئۡسَ مَثَلُ ٱلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِۚ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يَهۡدِي ٱلۡقَوۡمَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ
      The likeness of those who are entrusted with the Law of Moses, yet apply it not, is as the likeness of the ass carrying books. Wretched is the likeness of folk who deny the revelations of Allah. And Allah guideth not wrongdoing folk.
Declension
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Descendants
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  • Egyptian Arabic: حمار (ḥumār, ḥmār)
  • Gulf Arabic: حمار (ḥmār)
  • Hijazi Arabic: حُمار (ḥumār)
  • Maltese: ħmar
  • Moroccan Arabic: حمار (ḥmār)
  • North Levantine Arabic: حمار (ḥmār)
  • Malay: himar
  • Ottoman Turkish: حمار

Further reading

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Etymology 2

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Occupational noun from the root of حِمَار (ḥimār, donkey).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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حَمَّار (ḥammārm (plural حَمَّارُون (ḥammārūn) or حَمَّارة (ḥammāra), feminine حَمَّارَة (ḥammāra))

  1. donkey driver
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References

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  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “حمر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Malay

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Noun

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حمار (plural حمار-حمار or حمار۲, informal 1st possessive حمارکو, 2nd possessive حمارمو, 3rd possessive حمارڽ)

  1. Jawi spelling of himar

Moroccan Arabic

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Root
ح م ر
4 terms

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ħmaːr/
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Etymology 1

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From Arabic حِمَار (ḥimār).

Noun

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حمار (ḥmārm (plural حمير (ḥmīr), feminine حمارة (ḥmāra))

  1. donkey, ass
  2. (vulgar) idiot, dumbass

Etymology 2

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Verb

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حمار (ḥmār) IX (non-past يحمار (yiḥmār))

  1. to become red
  2. to blush
  3. to become sunburnt
Conjugation
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    Conjugation of حمار
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m حماريت (ḥmārīt) حماريتي (ḥmārīti) حمار (ḥmār) حمارينا (ḥmārīna) حماريتوا (ḥmārītu) حماروا (ḥmāru)
f حمارت (ḥmāret)
non-past m نحمار (niḥmār) تحمار (tiḥmār) يحمار (yiḥmār) نحماروا (niḥmāru) تحماروا (tiḥmāru) يحماروا (yiḥmāru)
f تحماري (tiḥmāri) تحمار (tiḥmār)
imperative m حمار (ḥmār) حماروا (ḥmāru)
f حماري (ḥmāri)
    Conjugation of حمار
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m حمرت (ḥmart) حمرتي (ḥmarti) حمار (ḥmār) حمرنا (ḥmarna) حمرتوا (ḥmartu) حماروا (ḥmāru)
f حمارت (ḥmāret)
non-past m نحمار (niḥmār) تحمار (tiḥmār) يحمار (yiḥmār) نحماروا (niḥmāru) تحماروا (tiḥmāru) يحماروا (yiḥmāru)
f تحماري (tiḥmāri) تحمار (tiḥmār)
imperative m حمار (ḥmār) حماروا (ḥmāru)
f حماري (ḥmāri)

North Levantine Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic حِمَار (ḥimār).

Noun

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حمار (ḥmārm (plural حَمِير (ḥamīr), feminine حمَارَة (ḥmāra))

  1. donkey
  2. (vulgar) idiot, dumbass, jackass

Adjective

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حمار (ḥmār) (feminine حمَارَة (ḥmāra), masculine plural حَمِير (ḥamīr), elative أَحمَر (ʾaḥmar))

  1. (of a person) foolish, stupid, idiotic

South Levantine Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic حِمَار (ḥimār).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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حمار (ḥmārm (plural حمير (ḥamīr), feminine حمَارة (ḥmāra))

  1. donkey, ass
  2. (vulgar) idiot, dumbass, jackass

Derived terms

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فتحناله، دخل بحماره (fataḥnā-lo, daḵal bi-ḥmāro, give them an inch and they'll take a mile)

Urdu

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Arabic حِمَار (ḥimār).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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حِمار (himārm (Hindi spelling हिमार)

  1. male donkey, ass

References

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  • حمار”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • حمار”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.