کمر
Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian [script needed] (kml /kamar/, “waist, belt, girdle”), 𐫞𐫖𐫡 (qmr /kamar/, “vault”) from Old Persian, from Proto-Iranian *kamarā- (“something curved”), from *kamárati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kmárati, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂m-ér-e-ti, from *kh₂em- (“to bend, curve”) (see there for further cognates). Doublet of کمرا (kamrâ).
Pronunciation
| Dari | کمر |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | камар (kamar) |
- IPA(key): [kʲæmæɾ]
Noun
کمر • (kamar)
- waist
- girdle, belt
- the middle of a mountain
- the flank of an army
- arch, cupola, dome, arched bridge
Derived terms
- کمربند (kamar-band)
Descendants
- → Armenian: քամար (kʿamar)
- → Azerbaijani: kəmər
- → Bengali: কোমর (komôrô)
- → Georgian: ქამარი (kamari)
- → Gujarati: કમર (kamar)
- → Hindustani:
- Hindi: कमर (kamar)
- Urdu: کمر (kamar)
- → Kashmiri: کَمَر (kamar)
- → Marathi: कंबर (kambar)
- → Punjabi: ਕਮਰ (kamar)
- → Ottoman Turkish: كمر (kemer)
- Turkish: kemer
- → Armenian: քէմէր (kʿēmēr), քյա̈մա̈ր (kʿyämär)
- → Bulgarian: кеме́р (kemér)
- → Greek: κεμέρι (keméri)
- → Romanian: chimír, chimér
Further reading
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “کمر”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 1049
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian کمر (kamar).
Noun
کمر • (kamar) f (Hindi spelling कमर)
- waist