كمر

• كَمَرَان‎ (kamarān)

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (kml /kamar/, “waist; belt”), from Proto-Indo-European *kam- (“to bend”). In Aramaic קַמְרָא‎, ܩܰܡܪܳܐ‎ (qamrā), in Classical Persian کمر‎ (kamar).

• IPA^(key): /ka.mar/

كَمَر • (kamar) m (plural أَكْمَار‎ (ʔakmār))

1. belt, girdle

In the time of ʿUmar a زُنَّار‎ (zunnār) would mean a belt worn by Christians, Jews, Sabians, Magians and other non-Muslims; for it had become fashionable in the Byzantine Empire under Diocletian and Constantine to wear a ζώνη (zṓnē) or cingulum which was first a symbol of servitude in public office and then in religious office. For Zoroastrians parallelly the conviction developed to wear a كُسْتِيج‎ (kustīj, “belt”), whereas Babylonian Jews wore a هِمْيَان‎ (himyān) הֶמְיָנָא‎ (hemyānā, “belt”). Public officials in the Iranian empire wore a كَمَر‎ (kamar, “belt”) without which no Iranian of distinction would go out, termed in Arabic مِنْطَقَة‎ (minṭaqa, “belt”). With the new Muslim rulers the former girdles were imposed and the كَمَر‎ (kamar) or مِنْطَقَة‎ (minṭaqa) prohibited for non-Muslims. An Arabic term for “girdle” neutral from the beginning is حِزَام‎ (ḥizām).

• “كمر” in Almaany
• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), “كمر”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 488
• Levy-Rubin, Mika (2011) Non-Muslims in the Early Islamic Empire. From Surrender to Coexistence, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo, Delhi, Tokyo, Mexico City: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 154–157
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “كمر”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 1881
• Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “كمر”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1119

Borrowed from Persian کمر‎ (kamar, “belt, girdle”).

• IPA^(key): /kɛˈmɛɾ/

كمر • (kemer)

1. any girdle or belt, especially a belt of cloth with a buckle or clasps

   Synonyms: قوشاق‎ (kuşak), منطقه‎ (mantaka), نطاق‎ (nitak)

2. arch, vault, an architectural element having the shape of a bow
3. (geography) mountain pass, a low point in a mountain range

   Synonym: ارغید‎ (arğid)

• Turkish: kemer
• → Armenian: քէմէր (kʿēmēr), ք^յա̈մա̈ր (kʿ^yämär)
• → Bulgarian: кеме́р (kemér)
• → Greek: κεμέρι (keméri)
• → Romanian: chimír, chimér

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “kemer1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2539
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “كمر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1038
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Zona”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 1804
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “كمر”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 4017
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “kemer”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “كمر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1573