عشر

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Arabic

Etymology 1

Numeral

عَشْر (ʕašrf (masculine عَشَرَة (ʕašara))

  1. feminine of عَشَرَة (ʕašara, ten)

Etymology 2

Numeral

عَشَرَ (ʕašaram (feminine عَشْرَةَ (ʕašrata))

  1. -teen (in numerals 11–19, e.g. أَحَدَ عَشَرَ (ʔaḥada ʕašara, eleven))

Etymology 3

Arabic numbers (edit)
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10
    Cardinal: عَشَرَة (ʕašara)
    Ordinal: عَاشِر (ʕāšir)
    Multiplier: عُشَارِيّ (ʕušāriyy), مُعَشَّر (muʕaššar)
    Distributive: عُشَارَ (ʕušāra)
    Fractional: عُشُر (ʕušur), عُشْر (ʕušr)

From the root ع ش ر (ʕ-š-r); compare عَشَرَة (ʕašara, ten).

Noun

عُشُر or عُشْر (ʕušur or ʕušrm (plural أَعْشَار (ʔaʕšār))

  1. one tenth
Declension
See also

Etymology 4

عُشَرCalotropis procera
عُشَرCalotropis gigantea

From the root ع ش ر (ʕ-š-r), perhaps in the sense of association because the fibrous plant yields cordage for medicinal purposes.

Alternative forms

Noun

عُشَر or عُشْر (ʕušar or ʕušrm

  1. apple of Sodom (Calotropis procera) as well as crown flower (Calotropis gigantea), milkweed (the genus Calotropis, which has only these two species and Calotropis acia in India)
    Synonym: (Al-Andalus) تُرُنْجَان الثَعْلَب (turunjān aṯ-ṯaʕlab)
Declension
Descendants
  • French: ochar
  • German: Oscher

Further reading