خمير

Arabic

Root
خ م ر (ḵ-m-r)

Pronunciation

• (drunkard): IPA^(key): /xim.miːr/
• (fermented): IPA^(key): /xa.miːr/

Noun

خِمِّير • (ḵimmīr) m

1. drunkard, tippler

Declension

Declension of noun خِمِّير (ḵimmīr)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خِمِّير ḵimmīr	الْخِمِّير al-ḵimmīr	خِمِّير ḵimmīr
Nominative	خِمِّيرٌ ḵimmīrun	الْخِمِّيرُ al-ḵimmīru	خِمِّيرُ ḵimmīru
Accusative	خِمِّيرًا ḵimmīran	الْخِمِّيرَ al-ḵimmīra	خِمِّيرَ ḵimmīra
Genitive	خِمِّيرٍ ḵimmīrin	الْخِمِّيرِ al-ḵimmīri	خِمِّيرِ ḵimmīri

Adjective

خَمِير • (ḵamīr)

1. fermented, leavened

Declension

Declension of adjective خَمِير (ḵamīr)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	خَمِير ḵamīr	الْخَمِير al-ḵamīr	خَمِيرَة ḵamīra	الْخَمِيرَة al-ḵamīra
Nominative	خَمِيرٌ ḵamīrun	الْخَمِيرُ al-ḵamīru	خَمِيرَةٌ ḵamīratun	الْخَمِيرَةُ al-ḵamīratu
Accusative	خَمِيرًا ḵamīran	الْخَمِيرَ al-ḵamīra	خَمِيرَةً ḵamīratan	الْخَمِيرَةَ al-ḵamīrata
Genitive	خَمِيرٍ ḵamīrin	الْخَمِيرِ al-ḵamīri	خَمِيرَةٍ ḵamīratin	الْخَمِيرَةِ al-ḵamīrati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	خَمِيرَيْن ḵamīrayn	الْخَمِيرَيْن al-ḵamīrayn	خَمِيرَتَيْن ḵamīratayn	الْخَمِيرَتَيْن al-ḵamīratayn
Nominative	خَمِيرَانِ ḵamīrāni	الْخَمِيرَانِ al-ḵamīrāni	خَمِيرَتَانِ ḵamīratāni	الْخَمِيرَتَانِ al-ḵamīratāni
Accusative	خَمِيرَيْنِ ḵamīrayni	الْخَمِيرَيْنِ al-ḵamīrayni	خَمِيرَتَيْنِ ḵamīratayni	الْخَمِيرَتَيْنِ al-ḵamīratayni
Genitive	خَمِيرَيْنِ ḵamīrayni	الْخَمِيرَيْنِ al-ḵamīrayni	خَمِيرَتَيْنِ ḵamīratayni	الْخَمِيرَتَيْنِ al-ḵamīratayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	—		—
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	—	—	—	—
Nominative	—	—	—	—
Accusative	—	—	—	—
Genitive	—	—	—	—

Noun

خَمِير • (ḵamīr) m

1. something fermented, particularly leavened bread
2. ferment, leaven

Declension

Declension of noun خَمِير (ḵamīr)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَمِير ḵamīr	الْخَمِير al-ḵamīr	خَمِير ḵamīr
Nominative	خَمِيرٌ ḵamīrun	الْخَمِيرُ al-ḵamīru	خَمِيرُ ḵamīru
Accusative	خَمِيرًا ḵamīran	الْخَمِيرَ al-ḵamīra	خَمِيرَ ḵamīra
Genitive	خَمِيرٍ ḵamīrin	الْخَمِيرِ al-ḵamīri	خَمِيرِ ḵamīri

Descendants

• → Persian: خمیر (xamir)
  • → Romani: xamur
  • → Azerbaijani: xəmir
  • → Bashkir: ҡамыр (qamır)
  • → Crimean Tatar: qamır
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: ख़मीर (xamīr)

    Urdu: خمیر (xamīr)

  • → Kazakh: қамыр (qamyr)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: خامور
    • Turkish: hamur
  • → Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਖਮੀਰ (khamīr)

    Arabic script: خمیر (xamīr)

  • → Turkmen: hamyr
  • → Uyghur: خېمىر (xëmir)
  • → Uzbek: xamir

References

• Баранов, Х. К. (2011) “خمير”, in Большой арабско-русский словарь (Bolʹšoj arabsko-russkij slovarʹ), 11th edition, Москва: Живой язык, →ISBN
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “خمير”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate, page 809c
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “خمير”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 302b