# hamar
## Azerbaijani
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [hɑˈmɑr]
* Hyphenation: ha‧mar
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

hamar (comparative daha hamar, superlative ən hamar)
* smooth (having a texture that lacks friction, not rough)
    hamar dəri ― smooth skin
* even (flat and level)
    hamar yol ― an even road
* (of hair) lank (straight and flat)
    hamar saç ― lank hair
* polished

### Further reading

* “hamar” in Obastan.com.

## Basque
### Alternative forms

* amar (archaic, dialectal)

### Etymology

From Proto-Basque *(h)anbaR (“ten”). Often compared with Iberian abaŕ (“ten”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Navarro-Lapurdian) /hamar/ [ha.mar]
* IPA: (Southern) /amar/ [a.mar]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -amar
* Hyphenation: ha‧mar

### Numeral

hamar
* ten

#### Derived terms

* berrogeita hamar (“fifty”)
* hamargarren (“tenth”)
* hamargarrenez (“for the tenth time”)
* hamargarrengo (“tenth”)
* hamarkada (“decade”)
* hamarna (“ten each”)
* hamarnaka (“in groups of ten”)
* hamarraldi (“decade”)
* hamarratz (“crab”)
* hamarreko (“group of ten”)
* hamarreko handi
* hamarreko nagusi
* hamarreko txiki
* hamarren (“tenth”)
* hamarretako (“lunch”)
* hamarretakoa egin (“to have lunch”)
* hamarretan (“ten times”)
* hamartar (“decimal”)
* hirurogeita hamar (“seventy”)
* hogeita hamar (“thirty”)
* laurogeita hamar (“ninety”)

### References

* ↑ “hamar” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
* ↑ Orduña A., Eduardo (2011) “Los numerales ibéricos y el protovasco [Iberian numerals and Proto-Basque]”, in Veleia‎ (in Spanish), volume 28, pages 125–139

### Further reading

* “hamar”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
* “hamar”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

## Faroese
### Etymology

From Old Norse hamarr, from Proto-Germanic *hamaraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱmoros, (whence also Sanskrit अश्मरी (aśmarī, “strangury”)), a derivation from *h₂éḱmō (“stone”) (whence also Sanskrit अश्मन् (aśman, “stone”)), from the root *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”).

### Noun

hamar m (genitive singular hamars, plural hamrar)
* rock face, stretch of cliff on a mountainside
* hammer

#### Synonyms

* (1. and 2.) hamari

## Hungarian
### Etymology

Of unknown origin.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈhɒmɒr]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ha‧mar
* Rhymes: -ɒr

### Adverb

hamar (comparative hamarabb, superlative leghamarabb)
* soon (within a short time)
    Synonym: hamarosan
* readily, easily
    Synonym: könnyen
* (dated) quickly, rapidly, fast
    Synonym: gyorsan
* (rare) early
    Synonym: korán

#### Derived terms

* hamarjában
* hamarkodik
* hamarosan
* hamarság
* csakhamar
* a hazug embert hamarabb utolérik, mint a sánta kutyát
* aki kíváncsi, hamar megöregszik
* amilyen hamar csak lehetséges

### Adjective

hamar (comparative hamarabb, superlative leghamarabb)
* (archaic) fast, quick, sudden
** 1803, Mihály Csokonai, A pillangóhoz (To the Butterfly)‎:Hamar-követje a tavasznak, / Hímes pillangó, idvez légy!Quick messenger of spring, / glorious butterfly, welcome!

#### Derived terms

* hamar munka ritkán jó

### References

* ↑ hamar in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)

### Further reading

* hamar in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

### Anagrams

* marha

## Icelandic
### Etymology

From Old Norse hamarr, from Proto-Germanic *hamaraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱmoros, from *h₂éḱmō (“stone”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhaːmar/
* Rhymes: -aːmar

### Noun

hamar m (genitive singular hamars, nominative plural hamrar)
* hammer (a tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding)
* steep cliff, crag, rock face
* (anatomy) malleus, hammer

#### See also

* berg
* klettur

### Anagrams

* harma

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* hammar
* håmmår (dialectal)

### Etymology

From Old Norse hamarr. Compare Danish hammer, Faroese hamar, hamari, Icelandic hamar, and Swedish hammare.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²haːmar/, /²hamːar/

### Noun

hamar m (definite singular hamaren, indefinite plural hamrar, definite plural hamrane)
* a hammer
    Har de nokre hamrar her?Do you have any hammers here?
* a steep cliff

#### Derived terms

* hamarhai
* smihamar
* -hamar, -håmmår (in toponymy)

### References

“hamar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old High German
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hamar, from Proto-Germanic *hamaraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱmoros, from *h₂éḱmō (“stone”).
Cognate with Old Saxon hamar, Old Frisian hamar, Old English hamor, Old Norse hamarr.

### Noun

hamar m
* hammer

#### Descendants

* Middle High German: hamer
** Bavarian: Håmmer
** German: Hammer
** Luxembourgish: Hummer
** Yiddish: האַמער (hamer)

## Old Norse
### Noun

hamar
* accusative singular of hamarr

## Old Saxon
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hamar, from Proto-Germanic *hamaraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱmoros, from *h₂éḱmō (“stone”). Cognate with Old English hamor, Old Frisian hamar, Old High German hamor, Old Norse hamarr.

### Noun

hamar m
* hammer

#### Descendants

* Low German: Hamer, hamer

## Old Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Norse hamarr, from Proto-Germanic *hamaraz.

### Noun

hamar m
* hammer
* mountain height, outcrop

#### Descendants

* Swedish: hammare (in the first sense), -hammar (in place names, in the second sense)