Omar

See also: omar and ómar

English

Etymology

From Arabic عُمَر (ʕumar). Doublet of Umar.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈəʊmɑː/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈoʊmɑɹ/
• Hyphenation: O‧mar
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)

Proper noun

Omar

2. (Islam) Omar bin al-Khattab, second Sunni Islamic caliph and a companion of Muhammad
3. A male given name from Arabic.
   • 2016 June 12, Pete Williams, Tracy Connor, Erik Ortiz and Stephanie Gosk, “Gunman Omar Mateen Described as Belligerent, Racist and 'Toxic'”, in NBC News‎^[1], archived from the original on 6 December 2025:

     Investigators probing gunman Omar Mateen’s massacre at least 49 people at a popular gay nightclub in Florida are trying to determine whether terrorism, homophobia or both pushed him over the edge.

Related terms

• Umar
• Amr

Translations

male given name

• Arabic: عُمَر (ar) m (ʕumar)
• Azerbaijani: Ömər (az)
• Bashkir: Ғүмәр (Ğümər)
• Bengali: ওমর (bn) (ōmor)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 奧馬爾 / 奥马尔 (zh) (Àomǎ'ěr), 吾買爾 / 吾买尔 (Wúmǎi'ěr)

• Hausa: Umaru
• Kazakh: Омар (Omar)
• Kyrgyz: Омор (Omor)
• Marathi: ओमार m (omār)
• Persian: عمر (fa) (Omar)
• Portuguese: Omar (pt) m
• Spanish: Omar (es) m
• Tajik: Умар (tg) (Umar)
• Turkish: Ömer (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: عمر (Ömer)

• Uyghur: ئۆمەر (ömer)
• Uzbek: Umar (uz)

See also

• Abu Bakr
• Uthman
• Ali

Anagrams

• moar, roam, Maor, Roma, Mora, Oram, Amor, armo, amor, roma, Ramo, mora, Armo

Portuguese

Etymology

From Arabic عُمَر (ʕumar).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈmaʁ/ [oˈmah]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈmaʁ/ [oˈmah]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /oˈmaɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /oˈmaʁ/ [oˈmaχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /oˈmaɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔˈmaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔˈmaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔˈma.ɾi/

• Homophone: ò mar
• Hyphenation: O‧mar

Proper noun

Omar m (plural Omares)

1. a male given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Omar

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عُمَر (ʕumar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈmaɾ/ [oˈmaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: O‧mar

Proper noun

Omar m

1. a male given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Omar

Anagrams

• armo, armó, amor, maro, mora, ramo, roma, Roma