# سمر
## Arabic
### Etymology 1

* Root
* س م ر (s m r)
* 6 terms

#### Verb

سَمَرَ • (samara) I (non-past يَسْمُرُ (yasmuru), verbal noun سَمْرَة (samra) or سَمْر (samr) or سُمُور (sumūr))
* to keep watch, preserve, to stay awake, to speak at night, to speak late at night, to live night-life, to be around at night (of people and animals)

##### Conjugation
#### Verb

سَمَرَ • (samara) I (non-past يَسْمُرُ (yasmuru), verbal noun سُمْرَة (sumra) or سَمَار (samār)) سَمِرَ • (samira) I (non-past يَسْمَرُ (yasmaru), verbal noun سُمْرَة (sumra) or سَمَار (samār))
* to be or become brown

##### Conjugation
#### Verb

سَمَّرَ • (sammara) II (non-past يُسَمِّرُ (yusammiru), verbal noun تَسْمِير (tasmīr))
* to brown, to add brownness to, to tan etc.

##### Conjugation
#### Proper noun

سَمَر • (samar) f
* a female given name, Samar

##### Declension
#### Noun

سَمُر • (samur) m (collective, singulative سَمُرَة f (samura))
* acacia, a plant of several species of the Acacieae tribe

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Denominal verb of مِسْمَار (mismār).

#### Verb

سَمَّرَ • (sammara) II (non-past يُسَمِّرُ (yusammiru), verbal noun تَسْمِير (tasmīr))
* to fasten by means of nails, to tack etc.
* to nail

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Adjective

سُمْر • (sumr) m pl
* masculine plural of أَسْمَر (ʔasmar)

### References

* ابن منظور. «سَمَرَ»، لسان العرب.

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology

From Greek σαμάρι (samári, “packsaddle”), from Ancient Greek σαγμάριον (sagmárion), a diminutive of σάγμᾰ (ságma, “packsaddle”). Alternatively, it could derive from Proto-Turkic *samar (“sack, packsaddle”), even though this is less likely.

### Noun

سمر • (semer) (definite accusative سمری (semeri), plural سمرلر (semerler))
* packsaddle, bat, a saddle used to secure and carry goods on the back of an animal
    Synonym: پالان (palan)
* porter's knot, a double shoulder pad worn with a strap around the forehead, used by porters
    Synonym: آرقه‌لج (arkalac)

#### Derived terms

* سمر اورمق (semer urmak, “to put a packsaddle to a beast”)
* سمر بیكیری (semer beygiri, “pack horse”)
* سمرجی (semerci, “maker or seller of packsaddles”)
* سمرلتمك (semerletmek, “to make or let be saddled”)
* سمرلمك (semerlemek, “to put on a packsaddle”)
* سمرلو (semerli, “provided with a packsaddle”)
* سمری دوكمك (semeri döğmek, “to hesitate before taking a responsibility”)
* سمری دویرمك (semeri devirmek, “to lie around”)
* سمرینی طیامق (semerini dayamak, “to put up a beast in its stable”)
* سمرینی یره اورمق (semerini yere urmak, “to resign an office or duty”)

#### Descendants

* Turkish: semer
* → Armenian: սեմեր (semer), սա̈մա̈ր (sämär)

### References

* ↑ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*sAmar”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

### Further reading

* Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886) “سمر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 96
* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “semer1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4138
* Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “سمر”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎, Vienna: F. Beck, page 275a
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “سمر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 691
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Ephippium”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 469
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “سمر”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 2670
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “semer”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “سمر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1077

## Persian
### Noun

سمر • (samar)
* story, tale, legend