استحمار
Arabic
Etymology
Morphologically, from the root ح م ر (ḥ-m-r) (related to donkeys).
Noun
اِسْتِحْمَار • (istiḥmār) m (plural اِسْتِحْمَارَات (istiḥmārāt))
- verbal noun of اِسْتَحْمَرَ (istaḥmara) (form X)
- (neologism) likening someone to a donkey, describing someone as fool or slow, describing someone as (easily) manipulated.
- 2016 November 23, عصام حمزة [ʿIṣām Ḥamza], “5 كتب للمفكر «علي شريعتي» تفتح لك آفاقًا فكرية جديدة ['Five Books by Intellectual Ali Shari'ati that opens to you new intellectual depths]”, in إضاءات [ida2at]:
- يَبْرُزُ هُنَا مُصْطَلَحُ «اَلْاِسْتِحْمَارِ» كَمُضَادٍ لِلنَّبَاهَةِ وَالْأَصَالَةِ وَالْإِبْدَاعِ، وَهِيَ الصِّفَاتُ الَّتِي تُكَوِّنُ الذَّاتَ الفَاعِلَةَ فِي الْمُجْتَمَعِ وَتَجْعَلُهُ كَيَانًا مُسْتَعْصِيًا عَلَىٰ اَلْاِسْتِبْدَادِ وَالْاِسْتِعْمَارِ، حِينَ تَخْتَفِي هَذِهِ الصِّفَاتُ يَبْرُزُ الاِسْتِحْمَارُ كَضِدٍّ مُنَاسِبٍ لُنُشُوءِ الاِسْتِبْدَادِ.
- yabruzu hunā muṣṭalaḥu “al-istiḥmāri” kamuḍādin linnabāhati wālʾaṣālati wālʾibdāʿi, wahiya ṣ-ṣifātu allatī tukawwinu ḏ-ḏāta l-fāʿilata fī l-mujtamaʿi watajʿaluhu kayānan mustaʿṣiyan ʿalā l-istibdādi wālistiʿmāri, ḥīna taḵtafī haḏihi ṣ-ṣifātu yabruzu l-istiḥmāru kaḍiddin munāsibin lunušūʾi l-istibdādi.
- Here arises the term «donkeying» as opposite to wokeness and originality and creativity, which are the characters that construct the effective self in the society and make it an entity hard and defiant to oppression and colonialism, when these characters disappear donkeying arise as and appropriate opposite to the formation of oppression.
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Declension
Declension of noun اِسْتِحْمَار (istiḥmār)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | اِسْتِحْمَار istiḥmār | الِاسْتِحْمَار al-istiḥmār | اِسْتِحْمَار istiḥmār |
| Nominative | اِسْتِحْمَارٌ istiḥmārun | الِاسْتِحْمَارُ al-istiḥmāru | اِسْتِحْمَارُ istiḥmāru |
| Accusative | اِسْتِحْمَارًا istiḥmāran | الِاسْتِحْمَارَ al-istiḥmāra | اِسْتِحْمَارَ istiḥmāra |
| Genitive | اِسْتِحْمَارٍ istiḥmārin | الِاسْتِحْمَارِ al-istiḥmāri | اِسْتِحْمَارِ istiḥmāri |
Synonyms
- اِسْتِغْبَاء (istiḡbāʾ)
Persian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [estʰehmɒːr]
Noun
| Dari Persian | استحمار |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | اِسْتِحْمَارْ |
| Tajiki Persian |
استحمار • (estehmâr)
- act like a donkey; act stupidly or naively.
Derived terms
- استحمار کردن (estehmâr kardan)