# komar
## Lower Sorbian
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *komarъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɔmar/

### Noun

komar m anim
* (archaic) mosquito

#### Synonyms

* kuntwora
* pšyca

## Old Polish
### Alternative forms

* komor

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *komarъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (10th–15th CE) /kɔma(ː)r/
* IPA: (15th CE) /kɔmar/, /kɔmɒr/

### Noun

komar m animal
* mosquito
** 1874-1891 [c. 1500], Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności‎, volume XLVII, page 354:Komar culex[Komar culex]
** Middle of the 15th century, Rozmyślanie o żywocie Pana Jezusa‎, page 763:Cedzącz komora (excolantes culicem Mat 23, 24), vyelbląda poglytayącz[Cedząc komora (excolantes culicem Mat 23, 24), wielbłąda pogłytając]

#### Descendants

* Polish: komar

### References

* B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “komar”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

## Polish
### Alternative forms

* kómora (Biecz)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish komar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɔ.mar/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔmar
* Syllabification: ko‧mar
* Homophone: Komar

### Noun

komar m animal
* mosquito

#### Derived terms

* komarowy
* komarzy
* komarnik
* komarzyca
* komarzysko

### Further reading

* komar in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* komar in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Slovene
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *komarъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɔmàːr/

### Noun

komár m anim
* mosquito

#### Inflection
### Further reading

* “komar”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

## Turkish
### Alternative forms

* kumar

### Etymology

From Pontic Greek κομάρι (komári).

### Noun

komar (Hemşin)
* common rhododendron, pontic rhododendron (Rhododendron ponticum)
    Synonyms: kafil, kaful, kara ağu, orman gülü, zelenika
    Coordinate term: zifin

#### Derived terms

* dağ kumarı (“Rhododendron caucasicum”)

### References

* ↑ Günay, Turgut (1978) Rize İli Ağızları (İnceleme, Metinler, Sözlük) (Kültür Bakanlığı Milli Folklor Araştırma Dairesi Yayınları; 27)‎ (in Turkish), Ankara: Ankara Üniversitesi Basımevi, page 324
* ↑ “komar”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), volume 8, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1975, pages 2912–2914

### Further reading

* Rhododendron ponticum on the Turkish Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{tr}$
* Alkayış, Fatih (2007) Türkiye Türkçesinde bitki adları [Plant Names in Turkish of Turkey] (in Turkish), doctoral thesis, Kayseri: T.C. Erciyes Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, page 445
* Baytop, Turhan (1984) Türkiye'de bitkiler ile tedavi (geçmişte ve bugün) (İstanbul Üniversitesi yayınları; 3255)‎, Istanbul: Istanbul University, pages 179a, 306
* Baytop, Turhan (2007) Türkçe bitki adları sözlüğü [Dictionary of Turkish Plant Names] (Atatürk Kültür, Dil ve Tarih Yüksek Kurumu Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınlan; 578), 3rd edition, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 182
* Aleksiva, Irfan Çağatay (2020) “şǩeri”, in Dictionary of Laz Plant Names (LINCOM Scientific Dictionaries; 3), München: LINCOM GmbH, page 45
* Emiroğlu, Kudret (1989) “kumar”, in Trabzon-Maçka Etimoloji Sözlüğü [Trabzon-Maçka Etymological Dictionary]‎ (in Turkish), Ankara: Sanat Kitabevi, page 165b
* Genç, Tuğçe (2021) Trabzon Örneğinde Rumca-Türkçe Dil İlişkisi (Yüksek Lisans Tezi) (in Turkish), Ankara: Hacettepe Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, pages 40, 84
* Tietze, Andreas (1955) “Griechische Lehnwörter im anatolischen Türkisch”, in Oriens (in German), volume 8, number 2, →DOI, § 136, page 226, unaware of the Pontic Greek word derives from Greek κούμαρο (koúmaro), κόμαρο (kómaro)