قمار

Arabic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qi.maːr/

Noun

قِمَار • (qimārm

  1. verbal noun of قَامَرَ (qāmara) (form III)
  2. (uncountable) gambling

Declension

Declension of noun قِمَار (qimār)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal قِمَار
qimār
الْقِمَار
al-qimār
قِمَار
qimār
nominative قِمَارٌ
qimārun
الْقِمَارُ
al-qimāru
قِمَارُ
qimāru
accusative قِمَارًا
qimāran
الْقِمَارَ
al-qimāra
قِمَارَ
qimāra
genitive قِمَارٍ
qimārin
الْقِمَارِ
al-qimāri
قِمَارِ
qimāri

Descendants

  • Hijazi Arabic: قُمَار (gumār)
  • Azerbaijani: qumar
  • Persian: قمار
  • Georgian: ყომარი (q̇omari)
  • Kazakh: құмар (qūmar)
  • → Kurdish:
    Central Kurdish: قومار (qumar)
    Northern Kurdish: qumar
    Southern Kurdish: قومار (qumar)
  • Ottoman Turkish: قمار (kumar)
  • Uyghur: قىمار (qimar)

See also

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ق م ر
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic قِمار (qimār).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡu.ˈmaːr/, [ɡʊ.ˈmaːr]

Noun

قمار • (gumārm

  1. gambling

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قِمَار (qimār, gambling), verbal noun of قَامَرَ (qāmara, to gamble; to risk).

Noun

قمار • (kumar) (definitive accusative قماری (kumarı), plural قمارلر (kumarlar))

  1. gambling, an activity characterised by a balance between winning and losing that is governed by a mixture of skill and chance
    Synonym: میسر (meysir)

Derived terms

  • قمار اوقی (kumar oku, headless arrow-shaft)
  • قمار اوینامق (kumar oynamak, to gamble)
  • قمار اویونی (kumar oyunu, game of chance)
  • قمار كاغدی (kumar kâğıdı, playing card)
  • قمارباز (kumarbaz, gambler)
  • قمارجی (kumarcı, gambler)
  • قمارخانه (kumarhâne, gambling den)

Descendants

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قِمَار (qimār).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? qimār
Dari reading? qimār
Iranian reading? ġemâr
Tajik reading? qimor

Noun

قمار • (qimār / ġemâr) (Tajik spelling қимор)

  1. gambling

Derived terms