استحمار

Arabic

Etymology

Morphologically, from the root ح م ر (ḥ-m-r) (related to donkeys).

Noun

اِسْتِحْمَار • (istiḥmār) m (plural اِسْتِحْمَارَات (istiḥmārāt))

1. verbal noun of اِسْتَحْمَرَ (istaḥmara) (form X)
2. (neologism) likening someone to a donkey, describing someone as fool or slow, describing someone as (easily) manipulated.
   • 2016 November 23, عصام حمزة [ʿIṣām Ḥamza], “5 كتب للمفكر «علي شريعتي» تفتح لك آفاقًا فكرية جديدة ['Five Books by Intellectual Ali Shari'ati that opens to you new intellectual depths]”, in إضاءات [ida2at]‎^[1]:

     يَبْرُزُ هُنَا مُصْطَلَحُ «ٱلِٱسْتِحْمَارِ» كَمُضَادٍّ لِلنَّبَاهَةِ وَٱلْأَصَالَةِ وَٱلْإِبْدَاعِ، وَهِيَ ٱلصِّفَاتُ ٱلَّتِي تُكَوِّنُ ٱلذَّاتَ ٱلْفَاعِلَةَ فِي ٱلْمُجْتَمَعِ وَتَجْعَلُهُ كِيَانًا مُسْتَعْصِيًا عَلَى ٱلِٱسْتِبْدَادِ وَٱلِٱسْتِعْمَارِ، حِينَ تَخْتَفِي هَذِهِ ٱلصِّفَاتُ يَبْرُزُ ٱلِٱسْتِحْمَارُ كَضِدٍّ مُنَاسِبٍ لِنُشُوءِ ٱلِٱسْتِبْدَادِ.

     yabruzu hunā muṣṭalaḥu “l-istiḥmāri” kamuḍāddin linnabāhati wal-ʔaṣālati wal-ʔibdāʕi, wahiya ṣ-ṣifātu llatī tukawwinu ḏ-ḏāta l-fāʕilata fī l-mujtamaʕi watajʕaluhu kiyānan mustaʕṣiyan ʕalā l-istibdādi wal-istiʕmāri, ḥīna taḵtafī haḏihi ṣ-ṣifātu yabruzu l-istiḥmāru kaḍiddin munāsibin linušūʔi l-istibdādi.

     Here arises the term «istiḥmār» as opposite to wokeness and originality and creativity, which are the characters that construct the effective self in the society and make it an entity hard and defiant to oppression and colonialism, when these characters disappear donkeying arise as and appropriate opposite to the formation of oppression.

Declension

Declension of noun اِسْتِحْمَار (istiḥmār)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اِسْتِحْمَار istiḥmār	الِاسْتِحْمَار al-istiḥmār	اِسْتِحْمَار istiḥmār
Nominative	اِسْتِحْمَارٌ istiḥmārun	الِاسْتِحْمَارُ al-istiḥmāru	اِسْتِحْمَارُ istiḥmāru
Accusative	اِسْتِحْمَارًا istiḥmāran	الِاسْتِحْمَارَ al-istiḥmāra	اِسْتِحْمَارَ istiḥmāra
Genitive	اِسْتِحْمَارٍ istiḥmārin	الِاسْتِحْمَارِ al-istiḥmāri	اِسْتِحْمَارِ istiḥmāri

Synonyms

• اِسْتِغْبَاء (istiḡbāʔ)

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔis.tih.ˈmɑːɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.t̪ʰe̞ɦ.mɑ́ːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.t̪ʰe̞ɦ.mɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.t̪ʰɪ.mɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔis.t̪ʰi.mɔ́ːɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔes.t̪ʰeɦ.mɒ́ːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔis.t̪ʰeɦ.mɔ́ɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	istihmār
Dari reading?	istehmār
Iranian reading?	estehmâr
Tajik reading?	istehmor

Noun

Dari	استحمار
Iranian Persian	اِسْتِحْمَارْ
Tajik

استحمار • (estehmâr)

1. act like a donkey; act stupidly or naively.

Derived terms

• استحمار کردن (estehmâr kardan)