kamar

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Cypriot Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Arabic قَمَر (qamar).

Noun[edit]

kamar m

  1. moon

References[edit]

  • Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 395

Faroese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse kamarr, ultimately from Ancient Greek κᾰμᾰ́ρᾱ (kamárā).

Noun[edit]

kamar n (genitive singular kamars, plural kømur)

  1. (small) room, sleeping room

Declension[edit]

n29 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative kamar kamarið kømur kømrini
Accusative kamar kamarið kømur kømrini
Dative kamari kamarinum kømurum/kømrum kømrunum
Genitive kamars kamarsins kamara kamaranna

Derived terms[edit]

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Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse kamarr, ultimately from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

kamar m (genitive singular kamars, nominative plural kamrar)

  1. privy (outdoor toilet)

Declension[edit]

declension of kamar
m-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kamar kamarinn kamrar kamrarnir
accusative kamar kamarinn kamra kamrana
dative kamri kamrinum kömrum kömrunum
genitive kamars kamarsins kamra kamranna

Indonesian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈka.mar]
  • Hyphenation: ka‧mar
  • Rhymes: -ar

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Dutch kamer (“chamber, room”), from Middle Dutch camere, from Old Dutch *kamara, from Latin camera, ultimately from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára, “vault”). Doublet of kamera and kamerad.

Noun[edit]

kamar (plural kamar-kamar, first-person possessive kamarku, second-person possessive kamarmu, third-person possessive kamarnya)

  1. chamber, room
    Synonyms: bilik, ruang
    Kamarku di lantai 19.
    My room is on level 19.
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • → Malay: kamar
  • → Petjo: kamar
  • → Ternate: kamar

Etymology 2[edit]

From Malay kamar, from Arabic قمر (qamar, “moon”).

Noun[edit]

kamar (first-person possessive kamarku, second-person possessive kamarmu, third-person possessive kamarnya)

  1. moon
    Synonyms: bulan, candra, rembulan, alkamar

Further reading[edit]

Javanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

kamar

  1. Romanization of ꦏꦩꦂ

Khalaj[edit]

Perso-Arabic کَمَر

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Persian کمر (kamar).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [kamaɾ]
  • (Xarrâbî, Xaltâbâdî) IPA(key): [kamaɾ]

Noun[edit]

kamar (definite accusative kamarı, plural kamarlar)

  1. hillside
  2. boulder
  3. (Xarrâbî) tree arch

Declension[edit]

Declension of kamar
singular plural
nominative kamar kamarlar
genitive kamarııñ kamarlarııñ
dative kamarqa kamarlarqa
definite accusative kamarı kamarları
locative kamarça kamarlarça
ablative kamarda kamarlarda
instrumental kamarla kamarlarla
equative kamarvâra kamarlarvâra

References[edit]

  • Doerfer, Gerhard (1988) Grammatik des Chaladsch [Grammar of Khalaj] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, →ISBN, →OCLC
  • Doerfer, Gerhard (1980) Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) [Khalaj dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó

Ternate[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Indonesian kamar, from Dutch kamer, from Middle Dutch camere, from Old Dutch *kamara, from Latin camera, from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára, “vault”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

kamar

  1. room, chamber
    Synonym: batibati

References[edit]

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

West Makian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Indonesian kamar, possibly through Ternate kamar, from Dutch kamer.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

kamar

  1. a room

References[edit]

  • James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎[1], Pacific linguistics
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