# حمر
## Arabic
### Etymology 1

* Root
* ح م ر (ḥ m r)
* 10 terms
Causative to أَحْمَر (ʔaḥmar, “red”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ħam.ma.ra/

#### Verb

حَمَّرَ • (ḥammara) II (non-past يُحَمِّرُ (yuḥammiru), verbal noun تَحْمِير (taḥmīr))
* to redden, to color or dye red
* to roast
* to fry
* to brown (as by cooking or baking)

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Adjective

حُمْر • (ḥumr) pl
* animate/inanimate masculine/feminine plural of أَحْمَر (ʔaḥmar, “red”)

### Etymology 3

From Aramaic חֵימָרָא (ḥēmārā) from the root ח־מ־ר (ḥ-m-r) related to “becoming stringent”, “hardening”, “congealing”.

#### Noun

حُمَر • (ḥumar) m
* bitumen, asphalt

##### Derived terms

* حُمَرِيّ (ḥumariyy)

### Etymology 4

* Root
* ح م ر (ḥ m r)
* 10 terms
From أَحْمَر (ʔaḥmar, “red”) for the red colour of the fruits.

#### Alternative forms

* حَوْمَر (ḥawmar)

#### Noun

حُمَر or حُمُر • (ḥumar or ḥumur) m (collective, singulative حُمَرَة f (ḥumara) or حُمُرَة (ḥumura))
* tamarind
** fruit of the tamarind-tree
** tamarind-tree (Tamarindus indica), the only species in Tamarindus

##### Descendants

* → Amharic: ሃሞር (hamor)
* → Ge'ez: ሖመር (ḥomär), ሐሞር (ḥämor), ሐመር (ḥämär), ኆመር (ḫomär)
* → Saho: homar
* → Somali: homar, hamar
* → Tigre: ሖመር (ḥomär), ኆመር (ḫomär)
* → Tigrinya: ሖመር (ḥomär), ሕሞር (ḥəmor), ሑሞር (ḥumor), ሕምር (ḥəmər), ሃመር (hamär), ሆመር (homär), ህሞር (həmor)

### Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

حُمُر • (ḥumur) m pl
* plural of حِمَار (ḥimār)

### References

* “ḥymr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
* “ḥmr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
* Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 151
* Freytag, Georg (1830) “حمر”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎ (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 424
* Landberg, Carlo, editor (1920), Glossaire daṯînois‎ (in French), Leiden: Brill, page 482
* Lane, Edward William (1863) “حمر”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate, page 640
* Wehr, Hans (1979) “حمر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 239

## Egyptian Arabic
### Adjective

حمر • (ḥumr)
* plural of أحمر

## Moroccan Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic أَحْمَر (ʔaḥmar).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ħmar/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

حمر • (ḥmar) (feminine حمرا (ḥamra), common plural حومر (ḥūmer), masculine plural حمرين (ḥamrīn), feminine plural حمرات (ḥamrāt), elative أحمر (ʔaḥmar) or حمر (ḥmar))
* red

### See also

Colors in Moroccan Arabic · ألوان (ʔalwān) (layout · text) :
| بيض (byaḍ) | رمادي (rmādi) | كحل (kḥal) |
| حمر (ḥmar); قرمزي (qarmzi) | ليموني (līmūni, laymūni), لتشيني (litšīni); قهوي (qahwi) | صفر (ṣfar) |
| ليمي (līmi) | خضر (ḵḍar) | نعناعي (naʕnāʕi) |
| سماوي (smāwi) | لازوردي (lāzūrdi) | زرق (zraq) |
| قوقي (qūqi), موڤ (mūv), بنفسجي (banafsaji) | أرجواني (ʔurjwāni) | وردي (wardi), فجلي (fajli) |