مطمار

Arabic

Alternative forms

• مِطْمَر (miṭmar)

Etymology

Tool noun from the root ط م ر (ṭ m r).

Noun

مِطْمَار • (miṭmār) m (plural مَطَامِير (maṭāmīr))

1. plumb line, plummet

Declension

Declension of noun مِطْمَار (miṭmār)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مِطْمَار miṭmār	الْمِطْمَار al-miṭmār	مِطْمَار miṭmār
nominative	مِطْمَارٌ miṭmārun	الْمِطْمَارُ al-miṭmāru	مِطْمَارُ miṭmāru
accusative	مِطْمَارًا miṭmāran	الْمِطْمَارَ al-miṭmāra	مِطْمَارَ miṭmāra
genitive	مِطْمَارٍ miṭmārin	الْمِطْمَارِ al-miṭmāri	مِطْمَارِ miṭmāri
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مِطْمَارَيْن miṭmārayn	الْمِطْمَارَيْن al-miṭmārayn	مِطْمَارَيْ miṭmāray
nominative	مِطْمَارَانِ miṭmārāni	الْمِطْمَارَانِ al-miṭmārāni	مِطْمَارَا miṭmārā
accusative	مِطْمَارَيْنِ miṭmārayni	الْمِطْمَارَيْنِ al-miṭmārayni	مِطْمَارَيْ miṭmāray
genitive	مِطْمَارَيْنِ miṭmārayni	الْمِطْمَارَيْنِ al-miṭmārayni	مِطْمَارَيْ miṭmāray
plural	basic broken plural diptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَطَامِير maṭāmīr	الْمَطَامِير al-maṭāmīr	مَطَامِير maṭāmīr
nominative	مَطَامِيرُ maṭāmīru	الْمَطَامِيرُ al-maṭāmīru	مَطَامِيرُ maṭāmīru
accusative	مَطَامِيرَ maṭāmīra	الْمَطَامِيرَ al-maṭāmīra	مَطَامِيرَ maṭāmīra
genitive	مَطَامِيرَ maṭāmīra	الْمَطَامِيرِ al-maṭāmīri	مَطَامِيرِ maṭāmīri

References

• Freytag, Georg (1835), “مطمار”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 71
• Lane, Edward William (1863-1893), “مطمار”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1880.

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• مطمر (mitmer)
• միթմար (mitmar) — Armeno-Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِطْمَار (miṭmār, “plumb line, plummet”).

Noun

مطمار • (mıtmar)

1. plummet, plumb line, a cord with a weight attached, used to produce a vertical line

   Synonyms: اسقندیل (iskandil), سونده (sonda), شاقول (şakul), گز (gez)

Descendants

• Turkish: mıtmar

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “mıtmar”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3208
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962), “mıtmar”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[2] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 768
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “مطمار”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[3], Vienna, column 4734
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “مطمار”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1892