کمر

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Khalaj[edit]

Noun[edit]

کَمَر (kamar, kəmər) (definite accusative کَمَری or کَمَرؽ, plural کَمَرلَر or کَمَرلار)

  1. Arabic spelling of kamar, kəmər (hillside, boulder)

Declension[edit]

Persian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Persian [script needed] (kml /⁠kamar⁠/, waist, belt, girdle), 𐫞𐫖𐫡 (qmr /⁠kamar⁠/, vault) from Old Persian, from Proto-Iranian *kamarā- (something curved), from *kamárati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kmárati, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂m-ér-e-ti, from *kh₂em- (to bend, curve) (see there for further cognates). Doublet of کمرا (kamrâ).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)
Dari کمر
Iranian Persian
Tajik камар

Noun[edit]

کمر (kamar)

  1. waist
  2. girdle, belt
  3. the middle of a mountain
  4. the flank of an army
  5. arch, cupola, dome, arched bridge

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Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Edelʹman, D. I. (2011) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 4, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 191

Further reading[edit]

Urdu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Classical Persian کمر (kamar).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

کمر (kamarf (Hindi spelling कमर)

  1. waist