تمر

See also: ثمر‎

Arabic

تَمْر

Etymology 1

The native distribution of the date-palm is questionable and this Arabic word has been based on this and the perception that the ثَمَر‎ (ṯamar, “fruits”) is the same word generalized by reason of later importance of the date from an original meaning “dates” declared together with Hebrew תָּמָר‎ (tāmār) reborrowed from Aramaic תמרא‎ / ܬܡܪܐ‎ (tamrē), which direction is also pointed at by more specific borrowed date culture terms like شِيص‎ (šīṣ, “unfecundated dates”), قَسْب‎ (qasb, “dried dates”), and كَافُور‎ (kāfūr, “bract of the inflorescence of the date palm”).

Noun

تَمْر • (tamr) m (collective, singulative تَمْرَة‎ f (tamra), plural تُمُور‎ (tumūr))

1. date (fruit)

Declension

Declension of noun تَمْر (tamr)

Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تَمْر tamr	التَّمْر‎ at-tamr	تَمْر tamr
Nominative	تَمْرٌ tamrun	التَّمْرُ‎ at-tamru	تَمْرُ tamru
Accusative	تَمْرًا‎ tamran	التَّمْرَ‎ at-tamra	تَمْرَ tamra
Genitive	تَمْرٍ tamrin	التَّمْرِ‎ at-tamri	تَمْرِ tamri
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تَمْرَة‎ tamra	التَّمْرَة‎ at-tamra	تَمْرَة‎ tamrat
Nominative	تَمْرَةٌ‎ tamratun	التَّمْرَةُ‎ at-tamratu	تَمْرَةُ‎ tamratu
Accusative	تَمْرَةً‎ tamratan	التَّمْرَةَ‎ at-tamrata	تَمْرَةَ‎ tamrata
Genitive	تَمْرَةٍ‎ tamratin	التَّمْرَةِ‎ at-tamrati	تَمْرَةِ‎ tamrati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تَمْرَتَيْن‎ tamratayn	التَّمْرَتَيْن‎ at-tamratayn	تَمْرَتَيْ‎ tamratay
Nominative	تَمْرَتَانِ‎ tamratāni	التَّمْرَتَانِ‎ at-tamratāni	تَمْرَتَا‎ tamratā
Accusative	تَمْرَتَيْنِ‎ tamratayni	التَّمْرَتَيْنِ‎ at-tamratayni	تَمْرَتَيْ‎ tamratay
Genitive	تَمْرَتَيْنِ‎ tamratayni	التَّمْرَتَيْنِ‎ at-tamratayni	تَمْرَتَيْ‎ tamratay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تَمْرَات‎ tamrāt	التَّمْرَات‎ at-tamrāt	تَمْرَات‎ tamrāt
Nominative	تَمْرَاتٌ‎ tamrātun	التَّمْرَاتُ‎ at-tamrātu	تَمْرَاتُ‎ tamrātu
Accusative	تَمْرَاتٍ‎ tamrātin	التَّمْرَاتِ‎ at-tamrāti	تَمْرَاتِ‎ tamrāti
Genitive	تَمْرَاتٍ‎ tamrātin	التَّمْرَاتِ‎ at-tamrāti	تَمْرَاتِ‎ tamrāti
Plural of variety	basic broken plural triptote‎; sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تُمُور‎‎; تَمَرَات‎ tumūr‎; tamarāt	التُّمُور‎‎; التَّمَرَات‎ at-tumūr‎; at-tamarāt	تُمُور‎‎; تَمَرَات‎ tumūr‎; tamarāt
Nominative	تُمُورٌ‎‎; تَمَرَاتٌ‎ tumūrun‎; tamarātun	التُّمُورُ‎‎; التَّمَرَاتُ‎ at-tumūru‎; at-tamarātu	تُمُورُ‎‎; تَمَرَاتُ‎ tumūru‎; tamarātu
Accusative	تُمُورًا‎‎; تَمَرَاتٍ‎ tumūran‎; tamarātin	التُّمُورَ‎‎; التَّمَرَاتِ‎ at-tumūra‎; at-tamarāti	تُمُورَ‎‎; تَمَرَاتِ‎ tumūra‎; tamarāti
Genitive	تُمُورٍ‎‎; تَمَرَاتٍ‎ tumūrin‎; tamarātin	التُّمُورِ‎‎; التَّمَرَاتِ‎ at-tumūri‎; at-tamarāti	تُمُورِ‎‎; تَمَرَاتِ‎ tumūri‎; tamarāti

Derived terms

• تَمَر هِنْدِيّ‎ (tamar hindiyy, “tamarind”, literally “Indian date”)

Descendants

• → Ge'ez: ተምር (tämrə)
• → Mehri: تومر‎ (tōmər)

References

• Barton, George Aaron, A sketch of Semitic origins, social and religious‎^[1], New York and London: The Macmillan Company, 1902, page 76
• Fischer, Theobald, Die Dattelpalme. Ihre geographische Verbreitung und culturhistorische Bedeutung‎^[2] (in German), Gotha: Justus Perthes Verlag, 1881
• Guidi, Ignazio, Della sede primitiva dei popoli semitici (in Italian), Rome: Tipi del Salviucci, 1879, pages 21–22
• Kogan, Leonid, “Proto-Semitic Lexicon”, in Weninger, Stefan, editor, The Semitic Languages. An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft – Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science; 36), Berlin: De Gruyter, 2011, →ISBN, page 204
• Leslau, Wolf, “tamr ተምር”, in Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 1991, →ISBN, page 576
• Löw, Immanuel, Die Flora der Juden‎^[3] (in German), volume 2, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, 1924, page 316
• Löw, Immanuel, Die Flora der Juden‎^[4] (in German), volume 2, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, 1924, page 528
• Nöldeke, Theodor, Mandäische Grammatik‎^[5] (in German), Halle: Verlag der Buchhandlung des Waisenhauses, 1875, page 107

Etymology 2

Verb

تَمُرُّ • (tamurru) (form I)

1. second-person masculine singular non-past active indicative of مَرَّ‎ (marra)
2. third-person feminine singular non-past active indicative of مَرَّ‎ (marra)

Verb

تَمُرَّ • (tamurra) (form I)

1. second-person masculine singular non-past active subjunctive of مَرَّ‎ (marra)
2. second-person masculine singular non-past active jussive of مَرَّ‎ (marra)
3. third-person feminine singular non-past active subjunctive of مَرَّ‎ (marra)
4. third-person feminine singular non-past active jussive of مَرَّ‎ (marra)

Verb

تَمُرِّ • (tamurri) (form I)

1. second-person masculine singular non-past active jussive of مَرَّ‎ (marra)
2. third-person feminine singular non-past active jussive of مَرَّ‎ (marra)

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Persian

Etymology 1

From Turkic. Compare Azerbaijani dəmir, Crimean Tatar temir, Tatar timer, Turkish demir.

Noun

تمر • (tamor)

1. iron

   Synonym: آهن‎ (âhan)

Etymology 2

From Arabic تَمْر‎ (tamr).

Noun

تمر • (tamr)

1. date; dried date

   Synonym: خرما‎ (xormâ)

2. tamarind

Etymology 3

Cognate with Sanskrit तिमिर (timira, “dark, gloomy; darkness”).

Noun

تمر • (temer)

1. darkness