kamar

Inherited from Arabic قَمَر (qamar).

kamar m

1. moon

• Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 395

From Old Norse kamarr, ultimately from Ancient Greek κᾰμᾰ́ρᾱ (kămắrā).

kamar n (genitive singular kamars, plural kømur)

1. (small) room, sleeping room

• song
• koddi
• svøvnposi
• svøvnur

From Old Norse kamarr, ultimately from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰaːmar/

  Rhymes: -aːmar

kamar m (genitive singular kamars, nominative plural kamrar)

1. privy (outdoor toilet)

• IPA^(key): [ˈka.mar]
• Hyphenation: ka‧mar
• Rhymes: -ar

From Malay kamar, from Dutch kamer (“chamber, room”), from Middle Dutch camere, from Old Dutch *kamara, from Latin camera, ultimately from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára, “vault”). Doublet of kamera and kamerad.

kamar (plural kamar-kamar)

1. chamber, room

   Synonyms: bilik, ruang

   Kamarku di lantai 19.

   My room is on level 19.

• → Petjo: kamar
• → Ternate: kamar

From Malay kamar, from Arabic قمر (qamar, “moon”).

kamar (plural kamar-kamar)

1. moon

   Synonyms: bulan, candra, rembulan, alkamar

• “kamar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

kamar

1. Romanization of ꦏꦩꦂ

Perso-Arabic		کَمَر

• kəmər

Borrowed from Persian کمر (kamar).

• IPA^(key): [kamaɾ]
• (Xarrâbî, Xaltâbâdî) IPA^(key): [kamaɾ]

kamar (definite accusative kamarı, plural kamarlar)

1. hillside
2. boulder
3. (Xarrâbî) tree arch

• Doerfer, Gerhard (1988) Grammatik des Chaladsch [Grammar of Khalaj] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, →ISBN, →OCLC
• Doerfer, Gerhard (1980) Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) [Khalaj dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó

• IPA^(key): [ka.ma(r)]
  • (Etymology 2, alternatively) IPA^(key): [qɔ.mar]
• Rhymes: -mar, -ar
• Hyphenation: ka‧mar

From Dutch kamer, from Middle Dutch camere, from Old Dutch *kamara, from Latin camera, from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára, “vault”), from Old Iranian, from Proto-Iranian *kamarā- (“something curved”), from *kamárati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kmárati, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em- (“to bend, curve”). Attested in 1901.^[1] Doublet of kamera, kampus, and komrad.

kamar (Jawi spelling کامر)

1. (chiefly Indonesia) A room or chamber.

   Synonyms: bilik, ruang

• Indonesian: kamar
  • → Petjo: kamar
  • → Ternate: kamar

From Arabic قَمَر (qamar).

kamar (Jawi spelling قمر)

1. (uncommon) The moon.

   Synonyms: bulan, alkamar

• Indonesian: kamar

From Persian کمر (kamar, “waist”), 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”). Doublet of kamera and kampus.

kamar (Jawi spelling کامر)

1. (obsolete) A belt or cummerbund.

   Synonyms: tali pinggang, sabuk, kamarban

• “kamar” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Borrowed from Indonesian kamar, from Dutch kamer, from Middle Dutch camere, from Old Dutch *kamara, from Latin camera, from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára, “vault”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.maɾ/

kamar

1. room, chamber

   Synonym: batibati

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

From Indonesian kamar, possibly through Ternate kamar, from Dutch kamer.

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.mar̪/

kamar

1. a room

• James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎^[2], Pacific linguistics