نمر

Arabic

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *namir-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /na.mir/

Noun

نَمِر or نِمْر • (namir or nimr) m (plural نُمُور (numūr), feminine نَمِرَة (namira) or نِمْرَة (nimra))

  1. (proscribed) tiger
    Synonym: بَبْر (babr)
  2. (zoology) leopard
    Synonym: فَهْد (fahd)
    • a. 897, Al-Buḥturiyy, edited by Ḥasan Kāmil Al-Ṣayrafiyy, ديوان البحتري (Ḏaḵāʾir al-ʿArab), 3rd edition, volume 2, Dār al-Maʿārif, →ISBN, page 957:
      كُفُّوا وَإِلَّا كَفَفْتُمْ مُضْمِرِي أَسَفٍ
      إِذَا تَنَمَّرَ فِي إِقْدَامِهِ ٱلنَّمِرُ
      kuffū wa-ʔillā kafaftum muḍmirī ʔasafin
      ʔiḏā tanammara fī ʔiqdāmihi n-namiru
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension

Verb

نَمُرُّ • (namurru) (form I)

  1. first-person plural non-past active indicative of مَرَّ (marra)

Verb

نَمُرَّ • (namurra) (form I)

  1. first-person plural non-past active subjunctive of مَرَّ (marra)
  2. first-person plural non-past active jussive of مَرَّ (marra)

Verb

نَمُرِّ • (namurri) (form I)

  1. first-person plural non-past active jussive of مَرَّ (marra)

Gulf Arabic

Etymology

Root
ن م ر
1 term

From Arabic نَمِر (namir), from Proto-Semitic *namir-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɪ.mɪr/

Noun

نمر • (nimir) m (plural نمور (n(u)mūr))

  1. tiger

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic نَمِر (namir), from Proto-Semitic *namir-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nmar/
  • (file)

Noun

نمر • (nmar) m (plural نمور (nmūr) or نمورة (nmūra), feminine نمرة (namra))

  1. tiger

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic نَمِر (namir).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nimr/, [ˈnɪ.m(ɪ)r]
  • (file)

Noun

نمر • (nimr) m (plural نمورة (nmūra))

  1. tiger
  2. leopard
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