سمار

Arabic

Etymology

From the root س م ر (s-m-r) meaning "to stand erect or jut out", "a bristle or thorn", "to nail", "to be studded".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sa.maːr/

Noun

سَمَار • (samār) m

  1. spiny rush (Juncus spinosus)

Declension

Descendants

  • Maltese: simar
  • Moroccan Arabic: سمار (smār)

References

  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “سمار”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 597
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