תמרא

Cognate to a Hebrew hapax in Psalm 77, 5 transmitted שְׁמֻרֹות‎ (šəmūrōṯ, “eyelids”) of which the singular is conjectured שְׁמֻרָה‎ (šəmūrā), however Paul Haupt recommends to vocalize שִׁמֻּרֹות‎ (šimmūrōṯ) in view of Jewish Literary Aramaic תִּמּוּרְתָּא‎ (timmūrtā, “eyelid”). Related further to Arabic ثَمَلَ‎ (ṯamala, “to stay, to remain staying; to assist, to stand by”) and ثُمَالَة‎ (ṯumāla, “dregs, sediment”), affirming an original meaning of “to stare at” or else to “attend to, to be in a fixed position with” for Hebrew שָׁמַר‎ (šāmár, “to guard”), Akkadian 𒊭𒈠𒊒𒌝 (šamārum, “to rear up, to be enraged, to glower”), Proto-Semitic *ṯamar-; Arabic سَمَرَ‎ (samara, “to stay awake at night”) is hence unrelated to the Hebrew “guarding”.

• IPA^(key): /timrɑ/

תמרא • (timrā) m (plural תמרא (timrē))

1. eyelid

• תימרא‎ (timrā)
• תימורא‎ (timōrā), תמורתא‎ (timmūrtā)

Cognate with Arabic ثَمَر‎ (ṯamar, “fruits”).

• IPA^(key): /tamre/

תמרא • (tamrā, tamrē, təmārā) m (singulative תמרתא‎ (tmartā), and תומרתא‎ (tumartā), collective of təmārā תמריא‎ (təmārayyā), plural of tamrā and the singulative תמרי‎ (tamrē), and תומרי‎ (tumrē))

1. dates (fruit)
2. date palms

• → Arabic: تَمْر‎ (tamr)
  • → Amharic: ተምር (tämər)
  • → Argobba: ትምር (təmər)
  • → Ge'ez: ተምር (tämr)
  • → Gurage: ተምሪ (tämər)
  • → Mehri: تومر‎ (tōmər)
  • → Portuguese: tâmara
  • → Somali: timir
  • → Soqotri: timreh
  • → Tigre: ተመር (tämär)
  • → Tigrinya: ተምሪ (tämri)
• → Hebrew: תָּמָר‎ (tāmā́r)
• → Minaean: 𐩩𐩣𐩧‎ (tmr)
• → Sabaean: 𐩩𐩣𐩧‎ (tmr)

• “tmr²”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “twmrh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Haupt, Paul (1917), “The Disease of King Teumman of Elam”, in Journal of the Society of Oriental Research‎, volume 1, pages 90–91