נמר

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
נ־מ־ר‎ (n-m-r)

From Proto-Semitic *namir-, from Proto-Afroasiatic *mary-. Cognate with Arabic نَمِر‎ (namir) and Aramaic נִמְרָא‎ (nimrā).

Noun

נָמֵר • (namér) m (plural indefinite נְמֵרִים‎, singular construct נְמֵר־, plural construct נִמְרֵי־‎, feminine counterpart נְמֵרָה‎)

  1. leopard
  2. (slang) tiger

Derived terms

References

  • “נמר” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

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