کمرا
See also: گمرا
Persian
Etymology
Reborrowed from Aramaic קמרא (qamrā) / Classical Syriac ܩܡܪܐ (qamrā, “girdle”) – in spite of the sense "vault" not being attested in Aramaic, and notwithstanding the sound correspondence /q/ → /k/, which is like in کما (kumâ, kamâ) –, itself from Middle Persian 𐭪𐭬𐭫𐭩 (kmly /kamar/, “girdle”), 𐫞𐫖𐫡 (qmr /kamar/, “vault”), the progenitor of کمر (kamar, “belt, arch”).
Noun
کمرا • (kamrâ)
- vault
- the string worn by the followers of Zoroaster
- Synonym: زنار (zonnâr)
Further reading
- Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008) Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28), Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 248
- Henning, W. (1937), “A List of Middle-Persian and Parthian Words”, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental Studies, University of London, volume 9, issue 1, Cambridge University Press, JSTOR 608178, page 84
- Nöldeke, Theodor (1892) Persische Studien (Sitzungsberichte der Kais. Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Philosophisch-Historische Klasse; 126) (in German), volume II, Vienna, page 40