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عمر

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to living, life, and age. It also encompasses concepts of building, inhabiting, and enduring, as well as terms for a specific type of person or group.

Derived headwords

عَمَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to liveboth

    To exist, to have life, to be alive.

  2. 2.
    to inhabitboth

    To dwell in a place, to populate it.

  3. 3.
    to buildclassical

    To construct or establish a dwelling or structure.

  4. 4.
    to cultivateclassical

    To make land fertile and productive.

عُمْرnoun
  1. 1.
    lifeboth

    The state of being alive; the duration of existence.

  2. 2.
    lifetimeboth

    The period of time a person or thing exists.

  3. 3.
    ageboth

    The length of time one has lived.

عَامَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to deal withboth

    To behave towards someone or something in a particular way.

  2. 2.
    to treatboth

    To act or behave towards someone or something.

أن عامله بمكة اشترى دارا للسجن بأربعة آلاف — That he dealt with him in Mecca, he bought a house for a prison for four thousand.
مُعَامَلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    dealingboth

    The act of treating or interacting with someone or something.

  2. 2.
    treatmentboth

    The way someone or something is treated.

أَعْرَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to lendclassical

    To give money or goods to someone with the expectation of repayment, often with interest.

  2. 2.
    to advance (money)classical

    To provide funds or credit.

وأعربوا فيها أربعمائة أي أسلفوا — And they advanced four hundred in it, meaning they lent.
عُرْبَانnoun
  1. 1.
    loanclassical

    Money or goods lent.

  2. 2.
    advancement (of money)classical

    The act of providing funds.

عَرَبَانِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    related to lendingclassical

    Pertaining to the act of lending money or goods.

عَامِرadjective
  1. 1.
    inhabitedboth

    Populated; having residents.

  2. 2.
    prosperousboth

    Thriving; flourishing.

  3. 3.
    long-livedclassical

    Having a long life.

عَامِرname
  1. 1.
    male given nameboth

    A common male given name in Arabic.

عُمَيْرname
  1. 1.
    male given nameboth

    A diminutive form of 'Amr or 'Amir, used as a male given name.

عُمَرname
  1. 1.
    male given nameboth

    A common male given name, famously associated with the second Caliph.

Parallel reading

أن عامله بمكة اشترى دارا للسجن بأربعة آلاف
That he dealt with him in Mecca, he bought a house for a prison for four thousand.
وأعربوا فيها أربعمائة أي أسلفوا
And they advanced four hundred in it, meaning they lent.
وهو من العربان
And he is from the lenders/creditors.