خمير

Arabic

Root
خ م ر (ḵ m r)
13 terms

Pronunciation

(drunkard): IPA^(key): /xim.miːr/
(fermented): IPA^(key): /xa.miːr/
Rhymes: -iːr

Noun

خِمِّير • (ḵimmīr) m

drunkard, tippler

Declension

Declension of noun **خِمِّير** (ḵimmīr)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	خِمِّير ḵimmīr	الْخِمِّير al-ḵimmīr	خِمِّير ḵimmīr
nominative	خِمِّيرٌ ḵimmīrun	الْخِمِّيرُ al-ḵimmīru	خِمِّيرُ ḵimmīru
accusative	خِمِّيرًا ḵimmīran	الْخِمِّيرَ al-ḵimmīra	خِمِّيرَ ḵimmīra
genitive	خِمِّيرٍ ḵimmīrin	الْخِمِّيرِ al-ḵimmīri	خِمِّيرِ ḵimmīri

Adjective

خَمِير • (ḵamīr)

fermented, leavened

Declension

Declension of adjective **خَمِير** (ḵamīr)
singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	خَمِير ḵamīr	الْخَمِير al-ḵamīr	خَمِيرَة ḵamīra	الْخَمِيرَة al-ḵamīra
nominative	خَمِيرٌ ḵamīrun	الْخَمِيرُ al-ḵamīru	خَمِيرَةٌ ḵamīratun	الْخَمِيرَةُ al-ḵamīratu
accusative	خَمِيرًا ḵamīran	الْخَمِيرَ al-ḵamīra	خَمِيرَةً ḵamīratan	الْخَمِيرَةَ al-ḵamīrata
genitive	خَمِيرٍ ḵamīrin	الْخَمِيرِ al-ḵamīri	خَمِيرَةٍ ḵamīratin	الْخَمِيرَةِ al-ḵamīrati
dual	masculine		feminine
dual	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	خَمِيرَيْن ḵamīrayn	الْخَمِيرَيْن al-ḵamīrayn	خَمِيرَتَيْن ḵamīratayn	الْخَمِيرَتَيْن al-ḵamīratayn
nominative	خَمِيرَانِ ḵamīrāni	الْخَمِيرَانِ al-ḵamīrāni	خَمِيرَتَانِ ḵamīratāni	الْخَمِيرَتَانِ al-ḵamīratāni
accusative	خَمِيرَيْنِ ḵamīrayni	الْخَمِيرَيْنِ al-ḵamīrayni	خَمِيرَتَيْنِ ḵamīratayni	الْخَمِيرَتَيْنِ al-ḵamīratayni
genitive	خَمِيرَيْنِ ḵamīrayni	الْخَمِيرَيْنِ al-ḵamīrayni	خَمِيرَتَيْنِ ḵamīratayni	الْخَمِيرَتَيْنِ al-ḵamīratayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	—		—
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	—	—	—	—
nominative	—	—	—	—
accusative	—	—	—	—
genitive	—	—	—	—

Noun

خَمِير • (ḵamīr) m

something fermented, particularly leavened bread
ferment, leaven

Declension

Declension of noun **خَمِير** (ḵamīr)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	خَمِير ḵamīr	الْخَمِير al-ḵamīr	خَمِير ḵamīr
nominative	خَمِيرٌ ḵamīrun	الْخَمِيرُ al-ḵamīru	خَمِيرُ ḵamīru
accusative	خَمِيرًا ḵamīran	الْخَمِيرَ al-ḵamīra	خَمِيرَ ḵamīra
genitive	خَمِيرٍ ḵamīrin	الْخَمِيرِ al-ḵamīri	خَمِيرِ ḵamīri

Descendants

→ Persian: خمیر (xamir)
- → Azerbaijani: xəmir
- → Bashkir: ҡамыр (qamır)
- → Crimean Tatar: qamır
- → Hindustani:
  Hindi: ख़मीर (xamīr), खमीर (khamīr) — nuqtaless
  Urdu: خمیر (xamīr)
- → Kazakh: қамыр (qamyr)
- → Malay: khamir
  - Indonesian: khamir
- → Ottoman Turkish: خامور (hamur), خمور (hamur), խամիր (hamir), խամուր (hamur), համուր (hamur) — Armeno-Turkish
  - > Turkish: hamur (inherited)
- → Punjabi:
  Gurmukhi script: ਖ਼ਮੀਰ (xamīr), ਖਮੀਰ (khamīr) (nuqtaless)
  Arabic script: خمیر (xamīr)
- → Romani: xamur
- → Sylheti: ꠇꠣꠁ (xai)
- → Turkmen: hamyr
- → Uyghur: خېمىر (xëmir)
- → Uzbek: xamir

References

Баранов, Х. К. (2011), “خمير”, in Большой арабско-русский словарь (Bolʹšoj arabsko-russkij slovarʹ), 11th edition, Москва: Живой язык, →ISBN
Lane, Edward William (1863-1893), “خمير”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 809c.
Wehr, Hans (1979), “خمير”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 302b