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ح م ر

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See also: حمر, خمر, جمر, and خ م ر

Arabic

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Etymology

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Inner-Arabic extension of the root ح م م (ḥ-m-m), and of حِمَار (ḥimār, donkey).

Root

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ح م ر (ḥ-m-r)

  1. Related to the color red.
  2. Related to donkeys.

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References

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  • Bulakh, Maria (2016) “Was There a Color Term *ḥmr ‘to be red’ in Proto-Semitic?”, in Babel und Bibel 9. Proceedings of the 6th Biennial Meeting of the International Association for Comparative Semitics and Other Studies, Penn State University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 3–17