حمرا

Moroccan Arabic

Adjective

حمرا • (ḥamra) f

1. feminine singular of حمر (ḥmar)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَمْرَاء (ḥamrāʔ).

Adjective

حمرا • (hamrâ)

1. Arabic feminine singular and nonhuman plural of احمر (ahmar, “red”)

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “حمرا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 805

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَمْرَاء (ḥamrāʔ), feminine singular of أَحْمَر (ʔaḥmar).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ham.ɾɑː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [häm.ɾɑː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [häm.ɾɑː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäm.ɾɑː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäm.ɾɔː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [hæm.ɹɒː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [häm.ɾɔ]

Readings
Classical reading?	hamrā
Dari reading?	hamrā
Iranian reading?	hamrâ
Tajik reading?	hamro

Adjective

Dari	حمرا
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ҳамро

حمرا • (hamrâ)

1. (reserved for feminine or nonhuman plural nouns) red

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “حمرا”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَمْرَاء (ḥamrāʔ), feminine singular of أَحْمَر (ʔaḥmar).

Adjective

حَمْرا • (hamrā) (Hindi spelling हम्रा)

1. (reserved for feminine or nonhuman plural nouns) red

Further reading

• Platts, John T. (1884) “حمرا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.