خمير

Arabic

Root
خ م ر (ḵ m r)
13 terms

Pronunciation

• (drunkard): IPA^(key): /xim.miːr/
• (fermented): IPA^(key): /xa.miːr/
• Rhymes: -iːr

Noun

خِمِّير • (ḵimmīr) m

1. drunkard, tippler

Declension

Declension of noun خِمِّير (ḵimmīr)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	خِمِّير ḵimmīr	الْخِمِّير al-ḵimmīr	خِمِّير ḵimmīr
nominative	خِمِّيرٌ ḵimmīrun	الْخِمِّيرُ al-ḵimmīru	خِمِّيرُ ḵimmīru
accusative	خِمِّيرًا ḵimmīran	الْخِمِّيرَ al-ḵimmīra	خِمِّيرَ ḵimmīra
genitive	خِمِّيرٍ ḵimmīrin	الْخِمِّيرِ al-ḵimmīri	خِمِّيرِ ḵimmīri

Adjective

خَمِير • (ḵamīr)

1. fermented, leavened

Declension

Declension of adjective خَمِير (ḵamīr)

singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	خَمِير ḵamīr	الْخَمِير al-ḵamīr	خَمِيرَة ḵamīra	الْخَمِيرَة al-ḵamīra
nominative	خَمِيرٌ ḵamīrun	الْخَمِيرُ al-ḵamīru	خَمِيرَةٌ ḵamīratun	الْخَمِيرَةُ al-ḵamīratu
accusative	خَمِيرًا ḵamīran	الْخَمِيرَ al-ḵamīra	خَمِيرَةً ḵamīratan	الْخَمِيرَةَ al-ḵamīrata
genitive	خَمِيرٍ ḵamīrin	الْخَمِيرِ al-ḵamīri	خَمِيرَةٍ ḵamīratin	الْخَمِيرَةِ al-ḵamīrati
dual	masculine		feminine
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	خَمِيرَيْن ḵamīrayn	الْخَمِيرَيْن al-ḵamīrayn	خَمِيرَتَيْن ḵamīratayn	الْخَمِيرَتَيْن al-ḵamīratayn
nominative	خَمِيرَانِ ḵamīrāni	الْخَمِيرَانِ al-ḵamīrāni	خَمِيرَتَانِ ḵamīratāni	الْخَمِيرَتَانِ al-ḵamīratāni
accusative	خَمِيرَيْنِ ḵamīrayni	الْخَمِيرَيْنِ al-ḵamīrayni	خَمِيرَتَيْنِ ḵamīratayni	الْخَمِيرَتَيْنِ al-ḵamīratayni
genitive	خَمِيرَيْنِ ḵamīrayni	الْخَمِيرَيْنِ al-ḵamīrayni	خَمِيرَتَيْنِ ḵamīratayni	الْخَمِيرَتَيْنِ al-ḵamīratayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	—		—
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	—	—	—	—
nominative	—	—	—	—
accusative	—	—	—	—
genitive	—	—	—	—

Noun

خَمِير • (ḵamīr) m

1. something fermented, particularly leavened bread
2. ferment, leaven

Declension

Declension of noun خَمِير (ḵamīr)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	خَمِير ḵamīr	الْخَمِير al-ḵamīr	خَمِير ḵamīr
nominative	خَمِيرٌ ḵamīrun	الْخَمِيرُ al-ḵamīru	خَمِيرُ ḵamīru
accusative	خَمِيرًا ḵamīran	الْخَمِيرَ al-ḵamīra	خَمِيرَ ḵamīra
genitive	خَمِيرٍ ḵamīrin	الْخَمِيرِ al-ḵamīri	خَمِيرِ ḵamīri

Descendants

• → Persian: خمیر (xamir)
  • → Azerbaijani: xəmir
  • → Bashkir: ҡамыр (qamır)
  • → Crimean Tatar: qamır
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: ख़मीर (xamīr), खमीर (khamīr) — nuqtaless

    Urdu: خمیر (xamīr)

  • → Kazakh: қамыр (qamyr)
  • → Malay: khamir
    • Indonesian: khamir
  • → Ottoman Turkish: خامور (hamur), خمور (hamur), խամիր (hamir), խամուր (hamur), համուր (hamur) — Armeno-Turkish
    • > Turkish: hamur (inherited)
  • → Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਖ਼ਮੀਰ (xamīr), ਖਮੀਰ (khamīr) (nuqtaless)

    Arabic script: خمیر (xamīr)

  • → Romani: xamur
  • → Sylheti: ꠇꠣꠁ (xai)
  • → Turkmen: hamyr
  • → Uyghur: خېمىر (xëmir)
  • → Uzbek: xamir

References

• Баранов, Х. К. (2011), “خمير”, in Большой арабско-русский словарь (Bolʹšoj arabsko-russkij slovarʹ), 11th edition, Москва: Живой язык, →ISBN
• Lane, Edward William (1863-1893), “خمير”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 809c.
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “خمير”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 302b