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اسمر

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Arabic

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Pronunciation

Verb

اِسْمَرَّ (ismarra) IX (non-past يَسْمَرُّ (yasmarru), verbal noun اِسْمِرَار (ismirār))

  1. to be or become brown

Conjugation

More information verbal noun الْمَصْدَر, active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل ...
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Gulf Arabic

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Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Adjective

اَسْمَر (asmar) (feminine سمرا (samra), masculine plural سِمِر (simir))

  1. brown (usually used for skin colour and food exclusively)

Noun

اَسْمَر (asmar) m (plural سِمِر (simir), feminine سمرا (samra))

  1. a brown person

See also

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic أَسْمَر (ʔasmar).

Adjective

اسمر (esmer)

  1. tan, blackish, tanned

Descendants

  • Turkish: esmer
  • Armenian: էսմեր (ēsmer), ասմար (asmar)

References

Hindoglu, Artin (1838), “اسمر”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français, Vienna: F. Beck, page 38

South Levantine Arabic

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic اِسْمَرَّ (ismarra).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /smarr/, [(ɪ)sˈmɑr]
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Verb

اسمر (ismarr) IX (present بسمرّ (bismarr))

  1. to get dark, to tan
    كنت في البحر واسمرّيت كتير.
    kunt fi-l-baḥr w-ismarrēt ktīr
    I was at the sea [beach] and I got really tanned.

Conjugation

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