شمر
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شمر¹
verb شَمَرَ · šamara · يَشْمُرُ · شَمْر · شَامِر
- to tuck up, to raise
verb شَمَّرَ · šammara · يُشَمِّرُ · تَشْمِير · مُشَمِّر
- to tuck up, to raise شَمَّرَ عَنْ سَاقَيْهِ
noun شَمْر · šamr · الشَّمْر · شَمْرٌ
- verbal noun of شَمَرَ (šamara) (form I)
adjective شِمْر · šimr · الشِّمْر · شِمْرَة · الشِّمْرَة
- light, agile, active, swift
شمر²
Where it comes from
From Aramaic, where attested forms include Jewish Babylonian Aramaic סִמְרָא, סִימְרָא (simrā), absolute state סְמַר (smar), Jewish Palestinian Aramaic שומרא (šummārā), Classical Syriac ܫܲܡܵܪܵܐ (šammārā) and ܫܘܼܡܵܪܵܐ (šummārā), all meaning fennel, deriving from Akkadian 𒌑𒄩 (šimru, simru, “fennel”), also found in Hebrew שֻׁמָּר (šummā́r, “fennel”) and שָׁמִיר (šāmī́r, “dill”), and likely Ugaritic 𐎘𐎎𐎗 (ṯmr, “likely fennel”). Related to Old Armenian շամրայ (šamray), շումրայ (šumray), a Semitic borrowing.
noun شَمَر · šamar · الشَّمَر · شَمَرٌ
-
fennel (Foeniculum gen.)
Similar: رَازِيَانَج, بَسْبَاس
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dill (Anethum graveolens)
Similar: رَازِيَانَج
شمر³
- /ʃam.mar/
Where it comes from
From Old South Arabian 𐩦𐩣𐩧 (s²mr), occurring already BCE, in the earliest Middle Sabaean inscriptions.
noun شَمَّر · šammar · -
- the Arabic tribe of Shammar
- ellipsis of إِمَارَةُ جَبَلِ شَمَّرَ (ʔimāratu jabali šammara, “Emirate of Jabal Shammar, a state derived from the tribe”)
In English
- fennel Foeniculum vulgare, the plant
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title = {شمر},
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year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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