א־מ־ר

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Hebrew

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

The "speech" sense is cognate to Arabic ء م ر (ʔ-m-r).

The "fringe" sense is of uncertain origin.

Root

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א־מ־ר (ʾ-m-r)

  1. Related to speech.
  2. Related to rising, climbing, increasing.
  3. (in Arabic loans to modern Hebrew) Related to princes, rulers, emirs.
  4. Related to fringes, hems.

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • א־מ־ר” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
  • א־מ־ר”, in Hebrew dictionary and conjugation tables, Pealim.com
  • A. Murtonen (1989) “ʾMR”, in Hebrew in Its West Semitic Setting, Part I, Section Bb, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 94
  • Klein, Ernest (1987) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 36