ع ت ر

ع ت ر

Arabic

Root

ع ت ر • (ʿ-t-r)

1. related to being cut and consequentially exposed

Derived terms

• Form I: عَتَرَ‎ (ʿatara, “to sacrifice”)
  • Verbal noun: عَتْر‎ (ʿatr)
  • Active participle: عَاتِر‎ (ʿātir)
  • Passive participle: مَعْتُور‎ (maʿtūr)

• عِتْر‎ (ʿitr, “original state, natural disposition; penis; Glossonema varians; idol offered to”)
• عِتْرَة‎ (ʿitra, “stem, stock”)
• عَتِيرَة‎ (ʿatīra, “goat or sheep destined for sacrifice”)

References

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), “ع ت ر”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 93
• Freytag, Georg (1835), “ع ت ر”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 103
• Lane, Edward William (1863), “ع ت ر”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1946
• Mandaville, James Paul (2011) Bedouin Ethnobotany. Plant Concepts and Uses in a Desert Pastoral World, Tuscon: University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, pages 114 and 282