عمر

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عمر

/ʕa.ma.ra/
/ʕa.mu.ra/
/ʕam.ma.ra/
/ʕamr/
/ʕu.mar/
/ʕu.mur/
/ʕumr/

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From the Arabic triliteral root ع م ر (ʿayn - mīm - rā), from which are rendered terms relating to the granting, extension and duration of life, to maintenance in various significations, and to increase in general. See https://corpus.quran.com/qurandictionary.jsp?q=Emr

verb عَمَرَ · ʕamara · يَعْمُرُ · يَعْمِرُ · عَمْر · عُمَر

to live long, to be long-lived

verb عَمَرَ · ʕamara · يَعْمُرُ · عِمَارَة · عُمُور · عُمْرَان

to make prosperous, to cause to thrive, to fill with life
to inhabit, to live, to dwell
to fill, to pervade
to reign
to build, to erect, to construct
to rebuild, to restore, to reconstruct

verb عَمَرَ · ʕamara · يَعْمُرُ · يَعْمِرُ · عَمَارَة · عَمُرَ

to thrive, to prosper, to flourish, to flower, to bloom
to be inhabited, to be peopled, to be populated
to be civilized, to be cultivated
to be full, to be filled

verb عَمَّرَ · ʕammara · يُعَمِّرُ · تَعْمِير · مُعَمِّر

to prolong life, to grant long life يَوَدُّ أَحَدُهُمْ لَوْ يُعَمَّرُ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ
to populate, to people
to build, to erect, to construct
to rebuild, to reconstruct
to repair, to restore, to overhaul, to refurbish, to recondition

noun عَمْر · ʕamr · الْعَمْر · عَمْرٌ

noun from verb verbal noun of عَمَرَ (ʕamara) (form I), "living long"/"long living" (in the gerundal sense)

noun عُمَر · ʕumar · الْعُمَر · عُمَرٌ

noun from verb verbal noun of عَمَرَ (ʕamara) (form I), "living long"/"long living" (in the gerundal sense)

proper noun عُمَر · ʕumar · -

a male given name, Umar and Omar
ʿUmar ibn al-Ḵaṭṭāb, recognized as the Islamic prophet's second rightly-guided successor in Sunni Islam

noun عُمُر · عُمْر · ʕumur · ʕumr · أَعْمَار

life as a period of time, length of life, lifespan, lifetime كَمْ تَبْلُغُ مِنَ الْعُمْر؟
age
Similar: سِنّ

In English

age lifespan
lifespan length of time for which an organism lives
Omar male given name

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {عمر},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%B1},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}