خمر

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

The root خمر (kh-m-r) primarily relates to covering, concealing, and fermenting. It extends to meanings of intoxication, woven mats, and even enslavement or bestowing ownership.

Derived headwords

خَمَرٌnoun

1.
Woven matclassical
A small mat, typically made of reeds or palm leaves, used as a prayer rug or for placing one's face upon during prostration.
2.
Coveringclassical
Anything that covers or conceals, such as foliage or other natural materials.
3.
Cosmetic pasteclassical
A paste made of saffron (ورس) and other perfumes that a woman applies to her face to enhance its color.
4.
Plant budsclassical
The buds or seeds of the 'akābir plant, found on tree branches.

اخْتَمَرَverb

1.
To fermentclassical
Used to describe dough that has risen due to fermentation, where the leavening agent has covered it.

اخْتِمَارٌnoun

1.
Fermentationclassical
The process of dough rising or fermenting.

خَمَّرَverb

1.
To ferment (dough)classical
To cause dough to ferment or rise.
2.
To coverclassical
To cover something, especially with a veil or similar material.

أَخْمَرَverb

1.
To give (as a gift)classical
To bestow something upon someone as a gift or to grant them ownership of it. This usage is noted as common in Yemen.
2.
To make fermentclassical
To cause something, like dough, to ferment.
3.
To neglectclassical
To overlook or neglect something.

خَمِيرٌnoun

1.
Fermented doughclassical
Dough that has fermented and risen.
2.
Leavenclassical
The substance used to make dough ferment.

مُخْتَمِرٌadjective

1.
Fermentedclassical
Describing dough that has undergone fermentation.

خَمْرٌnoun

1.
Intoxicantclassical
Alcoholic beverage, so named because it covers or clouds the intellect.

اِسْتَخْمَرَverb

1.
To enslaveclassical
To make someone a slave, particularly by force or subjugation. This is a usage noted among the people of Yemen.

مُخَامَرَةٌnoun

1.
Selling a free person as a slaveclassical
The act of selling a person who is actually free, but presenting them as a slave.

مُخَمَّرٌadjective

1.
Given ownershipclassical
Possessing something that has been bestowed or granted ownership of.

يَخْمُورٌnoun

1.
Hollow and unstable thingclassical
Anything that is hollow and shaky or unstable.
2.
Cowrie shellsclassical
Cowrie shells, with the singular being 'yakhmuura'.

مُخَمِّرٌname

1.
Nameclassical
A proper name.

ذُو الخِمَارِname

1.
Name of a horseclassical
The name of Al-Zubayr ibn Al-Awwam's horse, which was present at the Battle of the Camel.

باخَمْرَىname

1.
Place nameclassical
A location in the desert where the tomb of Ibrahim ibn Abd Allah ibn Al-Hasan ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib is located.

Parallel reading

ناوليني الخمرة ؛ وهي مقدار ما يضع الرجل عليه وجهه في سجوده من حصير أو نسيجة خوص ونحوه من النبات

Hand me the khimra; it is the amount a man places his face upon in prostration, made of a mat, woven palm leaves, or similar plant material.

ولا تكون خمرة إلا في هذا المقدار

And it is not called a khimra unless it is of this size.

وسميت خمرة لأن خيوطها مستورة بسعفها

And it is named khimra because its threads are covered by its fronds.

وقد جاءت فأرة فأخذت تجر الفتيلة فجاءت بها فألقتها بين يدي رسول الله، صلى الله عليه وسلم، على الخمرة التي كان قاعدا عليها فأحرقت منها مثل موضع درهم

A mouse came and began to drag the wick, brought it, and threw it between the hands of the Messenger of God, peace be upon him, onto the khimra upon which he was sitting, and it burned a spot the size of a dirham on it.

وقيل العجين اختمر لأن فطورته قد غطاها الخمر، وهو الاختمار

And it is said that dough has fermented (ikhtamara) because its leavening agent has covered it, and that is ikhtimar.

ويقال: قد خمرت العجين وأخمرته وفطرته وأفطرته

And it is said: 'I have fermented the dough' (khammartu al-'ajeen) and 'akhmartuhu, and faṭṭartuhu, and afṭartuhu.

وسمي الخمر خمرا لأنه يغطي العقل

And wine is called khamr because it covers the intellect.

ويقال لكل ما يستر من شجر أو غيره: خمر، وما ستره من شجر خاصة، فهو الضراء

And everything that covers, whether from trees or otherwise, is called khamr, and what is specifically covered by trees is called al-ḍirrā'.

والخمرة: الورس وأشياء من الطيب تطلي به المرأة وجهها ليحسن لونها، وقد تخمرت

And al-khimra is: saffron (ورس) and things of perfume that a woman applies to her face to improve its color, and she has become perfumed (takhammarat).

والخمرة: بزر العكابر «3». التي تكون في عيدان الشجر

And al-khimra: the seeds of the 'akābir, which are on the branches of trees.

واستخمر الرجل: استعبده

And istakhamara a man: means he enslaved him.

من استخمر قوما أولهم أحرار وجيران مستضعفون فله ما قصر في بيته

Whoever enslaves a people, whose first members were free, and vulnerable neighbors, then he owns what he has kept in his house.

يقول: أخذهم قهرا وتملك عليهم، يقول: فما وهب الملك من هؤلاء لرجل فقصره الرجل في بيته أي احتبسه واختاره واستجراه في خدمته حتى جاء الإسلام وهو عنده عبد فهو له

He says: 'He took them by force and ruled over them.' He says: 'So whatever the ruler granted from these to a man, and the man kept it in his house, meaning he detained it, chose it, and kept it in his service until Islam came, and it was with him as a slave, then it belongs to him.'

المخامرة أن يبيع الرجل غلاما حرا على أنه عبده

Al-mukhamara is when a man sells a free boy as if he were his slave.

أخمره الشيء: أعطاه إياه أو ملكه

Akhmara a thing: means to give it to him or grant him ownership of it.

يقول الرجل: أخمرني كذا وكذا أي أعطنيه هبة لي، ملكني إياه

A man says: 'Akhmirni such and such,' meaning 'Give it to me as a gift, grant me ownership of it.'

وأخمر الشيء: أغفله

And akhmara a thing: means to neglect it.

واليخمور: الأجوف المضطرب من كل شيء

And al-yakhmuur: the hollow, unstable thing of everything.

واليخمور أيضا: الودع، واحدته يخمورة

And al-yakhmuur also: cowrie shells, its singular is yakhmuura.

وذو الخمار: اسم فرس الزبير بن العوام شهد عليه يوم الجمل

And Dhu al-Khimar: the name of Al-Zubayr ibn Al-Awwam's horse, which was present at the Battle of the Camel.

وباخمرى: موضع بالبادية، وبها قبر إبراهيم «1». بن عبد الله بن الحسن بن علي بن أبي طالب، عليهم السلام

And Bākhmarā: a place in the desert, and there is the grave of Ibrahim ibn Abd Allah ibn Al-Hasan ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib, peace be upon them.