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, Ḥasan Kāmil Al-Ṣayrafiyy, editor, ديوان البحتري (Ḏaḵāʾir al-ʿArab), volume 2, third edition, 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 quote)
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
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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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