کمر

Khalaj

Noun

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

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

Declension

Persian

Etymology

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

  • (file)
Dari کمر
Iranian Persian
Tajik камар
  • IPA(key): [kʲæmæɾ]

Noun

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

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: քամար (kʻamar)
  • Azerbaijani: kəmər
  • Middle Bengali: কমর (komor)
  • Georgian: ქამარი (kamari)
    • Bats: ქამარ (kamar)
  • Gujarati: કમર (kamar)
  • → Hindustani:
    Hindi: कमर (kamar)
    Urdu: کمر (kamar)
  • Kashmiri: کَمَر (kamar)
  • Khalaj: kamar
  • Marathi: कंबर (kambar)
  • Punjabi: ਕਮਰ (kamar)
  • Ottoman Turkish: كمر (kemer)

References

  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

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian کمر (kamar).

Pronunciation

Noun

کمر • (kamar) f (Hindi spelling कमर)

  1. waist
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