# حمار
## Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *ḥimār-.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ħi.maːr/
* Rhymes: -aːr
** (Hijazi) IPA: /ħu.maːr/, [ħʊ.maːr]

#### Noun

حِمَار • (ḥimār) m (plural حَمِير (ḥamīr) or حُمُر (ḥumur) or أَحْمِرَة (ʔaḥmira), feminine أَتَان (ʔatān) or حِمَارَة (ḥimāra))
* ass, donkey
    في بعض المناطق الريفية، يُعتبر الحمار وسيلة نقل هامة.Fī baʿḍi al-manāṭiq ar-riyfiyyah, yuʾtabaru al-ḥimār wasīlat naql ʾhāmiyah.In some rural areas, the donkey is considered an important means of transportation.
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 62:5:مَثَلُ ٱلَّذِينَ حُمِّلُواْ ٱلتَّوۡرَىٰةَ ثُمَّ لَمۡ يَحۡمِلُوهَا كَمَثَلِ ٱلۡحِمَارِ يَحۡمِلُ أَسۡفَارَۢاۚ بِئۡسَ مَثَلُ ٱلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِۚ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يَهۡدِي ٱلۡقَوۡمَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَThe likeness of those who are entrusted with the Law of Moses, yet apply it not, is as the likeness of the ass carrying books. Wretched is the likeness of folk who deny the revelations of Allah. And Allah guideth not wrongdoing folk.

##### Descendants

* Egyptian Arabic: حمار (ḥumār, ḥmār)
* Gulf Arabic: حمار (ḥmār)
* Hijazi Arabic: حُمار (ḥumār)
* Maltese: ħmar
* Moroccan Arabic: حمار (ḥmār)
* North Levantine Arabic: حمار (ḥmār)
* → Malay: himar
* Ottoman Turkish: حمار

#### Further reading

* حمار on the Arabic Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{ar}$

### Etymology 2

Occupational noun from the root of حِمَار (ḥimār, “donkey”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ħam.maːr/

#### Noun

حَمَّار • (ḥammār) m (plural حَمَّارُون (ḥammārūn) or حَمَّارة (ḥammāra), feminine حَمَّارَة (ḥammāra))
* donkey driver

##### Declension
#### References

* Wehr, Hans (1979) “حمر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

## Hijazi Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Arabic حِمَار (ḥimār).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ħu.maːr/, [ħʊ.maːr]

#### Noun

حمار • (ḥumār) m (plural حَمِير (ḥamīr), feminine حُمَارَة (ḥumāra))
* donkey
* (vulgar) idiot, dumbass, jackass

#### Adjective

حمار • (ḥumār) (feminine حمَارَة (ḥumāra), common plural حَمِير (ḥamīr), elative أَحمَر (ʔaḥmar))
* (of a person) foolish, stupid, idiotic

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ħa.maːr/

#### Noun

حمار • (ḥamār) m
* (uncountable) redness, red

## Malay
### Noun

حمار (plural حمار-حمار or حمار٢, informal 1st possessive حمارکو, 2nd possessive حمارمو, 3rd possessive حمارڽ)
* Jawi spelling of himar‎

## Moroccan Arabic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ħmaːr/
* Audio:(file)
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

From Arabic حِمَار (ḥimār).

#### Noun

حمار • (ḥmār) m (plural حمير (ḥmīr), feminine حمارة (ḥmāra))
* donkey, ass
* (vulgar) idiot, dumbass

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

حمار • (ḥmār) IX (non-past يحمار (yiḥmār))
* to become red
* to blush
* to become sunburnt

##### Conjugation
## North Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic حِمَار (ḥimār).

### Noun

حمار • (ḥmār) m (plural حَمِير (ḥamīr), feminine حمَارَة (ḥmāra))
* donkey
* (vulgar) idiot, dumbass, jackass

### Adjective

حمار • (ḥmār) (feminine حمَارَة (ḥmāra), masculine plural حَمِير (ḥamīr), elative أَحمَر (ʾaḥmar))
* (of a person) foolish, stupid, idiotic

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic حِمَار (ḥimār).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ħmaːr/, [ħmɑːrˤ]
* Audio (Ramallah):(file)

### Noun

حمار • (ḥmār) m (plural حمير (ḥamīr), feminine حمَارة (ḥmāra))
* donkey, ass
* (vulgar) idiot, dumbass, jackass

#### Derived terms

فتحناله، دخل بحماره (fataḥnā-lo, daḵal bi-ḥmāro, “give them an inch and they'll take a mile”)

## Urdu
### Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic حِمَار (ḥimār).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /ɦɪ.mɑːɾ/
* Rhymes: -ɑːɾ

### Noun

حِمار • (himār) m (Hindi spelling हिमार)
* male donkey, ass

### References

* “حمار”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
* “حمار”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.