harmider

Polish

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly borrowed from Ottoman Turkish حرامی + دره (“ravine of the highwayman”), a site of frequent ambushes for Polish envoys heading to Constantinople. Sławski proposes a derivation from Persian γarmīdan (“to quarrel”), rejected by most scholars.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xarˈmi.dɛr/

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• Rhymes: -idɛr
• Syllabification: har‧mi‧der

Noun

harmider m inan

1. hubbub, commotion

   Synonyms: wrzawa, zgiełk

2. racket, clamor, loud noise

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hałas

Declension

Declension of harmider

	singular	plural
nominative	harmider	harmidery
genitive	harmideru	harmiderów
dative	harmiderowi	harmiderom
accusative	harmider	harmidery
instrumental	harmiderem	harmiderami
locative	harmiderze	harmiderach
vocative	harmiderze	harmidery

or

Declension of harmider

	singular	plural
nominative	harmider	harmidry
genitive	harmidru	harmidrów
dative	harmidrowi	harmidrom
accusative	harmider	harmidry
instrumental	harmidrem	harmidrami
locative	harmidrze	harmidrach
vocative	harmidrze	harmidry

Descendants

• → Belarusian: гармі́дар (harmídar)
• → Lithuanian: armidelis, armideris, ermideris
• → Russian: гарми́дер (garmíder)
• → Ukrainian: гарми́дер (harmýder)

Further reading

• harmider in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• harmider in Polish dictionaries at PWN