ambar

See also: ámbar, âmbar, and ämbar

English

Etymology

Some uses are directly from Persian انبار (anbâr), others are via Turkish ambar, Serbo-Croatian а̏мба̄р, Russian амба́р (ambár), Volga German Ambar, etc. Doublet of sambar.

Noun

ambar (plural ambars)

1. (rare) Any of various kinds of subterranean or barn-like granary, depending on context, in Iran, Turkey, Russia or the Balkans.
   • 1977, Fred C. Koch, The Volga Germans: In Russia and the Americas, from 1763 to the Present, pages 78–79:

     Generally the small granary (which the colonists referred to by its russian name, ambar), [existed. ... The oven's] auxiliary structure was as common to a home site as the principal abode, the barn, and the ambar.

   • 1985, British Documents on Foreign Affairs--reports and Papers from the Foreign Office Confidential Print: From the First to the Second World War. Series B, Turkey, Iran, and the Middle East, 1918-1939, page 84:

     57. Shortly after the coming of the American administrators it was found that one of the Tehran ambars had through lack of proper disinfection and ventilation become infected with weevils. [...] 58. The chief of the ambar had also previously requested authority to issue in small quantities 5,000 kharvars of grain which contained bitter seeds of which had been damaged by insect pests. Had his recommendation been approved when submitted early in the last year this grain could have been disposed of […]

   • 2003, Willem M. Floor, Agriculture in Qajar Iran, page 231:

     Larger quantities of grain were kept in an ambar, a sub-terranean storage space aout three meters deep. [...] At the entrance of the ambar dung cakes were put to deter insects.

   • 2004, Petar Vlahović, Serbia: the country, people, life, customs, page 194:

     The ambar is built from logs or thick planks well and tightly adhering to each other. It is divided into partitions [...] for this or that type of grain (for instance, rye, wheat, etc.).

   • 2007, Margaret Dittemore, Looking Towards the Road: Architecture and Change in a Turkish Village, page 175:

     The ground floor is most often used to store fuel (wood, coal, and dung cakes), dried and pickled foods, flour, grain, old tools, and other equipment. [...] Extra grain and flour may be kept in large 100-kilo gunny sacks near the ambar.

Anagrams

• Abram, Bamar, Brama, abram

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• ambaru, ãmbar, ãmbaru, mbar, mbaru

Adjective

ambar

1. lucky
2. happy

Synonyms

• (happy): hãrios, hãrãcop, yios

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian انبار (anbâr).

Noun

ambar (accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. barn, granary

Declension

Declension of ambar

nominative	ambar
genitive	ambarnıñ
dative	ambarğa
accusative	ambarnı
locative	ambarda
ablative	ambardan

Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Arabic عَنْبَر (ʕanbar), from Middle Persian ʾmbl (ambar, “ambergris”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈambar]
• Hyphenation: am‧bar

Noun

ambar (uncountable)

1. amber: a hard, generally yellow to brown translucent fossil resin, used for jewellery. One variety, blue amber, appears blue rather than yellow under direct sunlight.

   Synonyms: amber, kahrab

2. ambergris: the waxy product of the sperm whale.

Synonyms

• damar
• kahrab

Compounds

• ambar bunga
• ambar darah
• ambar kesturi
• ambar kuning
• batu ambar

 

Etymology 2

From Karey [Term?].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈambar]
• Hyphenation: am‧bar

Noun

ambar (uncountable)

1. poison to catch fish.

Further reading

• “ambar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Ladino

Alternative forms

• anbar

Etymology

From Hebrew אַמְבָּר (ʾambār), from Middle Iranian *ambār. Compare Persian انبار (anbâr). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Or from Turkish ambar, from the same origin.

Noun

ambar m (Latin spelling)

1. storeroom, attic, cellar

Further reading

• Aitor García Moreno, editor (2013–), “ambar”, in Diccionario Histórico Judeoespañol (in Spanish), CSIC
• Joseph Nehama, Jesús Cantera (1977) “ámbar”, in Dictionnaire du Judéo-Espagnol (in French), Madrid: CSIC, →ISBN, page 35
• Elli Kohen & Dahlia Kohen-Gordon (2000) “ambar”, in Ladino–English Concise Encyclopedic Dictionary, Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, page 22
• Recuero, Pascual (1977) “anbar”, in Diccionario Básico Ladino-Español (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Barcelona: Riopiedras Ediciones, →ISBN, page 13

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑːmˈbɑːɾ/

Noun

ambar m (Arabic spelling ئامبار)

1. Alternative form of embar (“storehouse”)

Declension

Declension of ambar

Definite masculine gender
Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ambar	ambar
Construct	ambarê	ambarên
Oblique	ambarî	ambaran
Demonstrative oblique	wî ambarî	wan ambaran
Vocative	ambaro	ambarino
Indefinite masculine gender
Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ambarek	ambarin
Construct	ambarekî	ambarine
Oblique	ambarekî	ambarinan

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “ambar”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 8

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic عَنْبَر (ʕánbar).

Noun

ambar m (plural ambars)

1. amber
   • 1453, Gomes Eanes de Zurara, “Das legoas que estas caravellas do iffante forom allem do Cabo, e doutras cousas misticas” (chapter LXXVIII), in Chronica do descobrimento e conquista de Guiné; republished as Luís António de Abreu e Lima, editor, Paris: Fain e Thunot, 1841, page 371:

     […] e ouro que ham da terra daquelles, e coirama, e lã, e manteiga, e assy queijos que hi ha muytos, e assy tamaras em grande abastança que ham de fora, e ambar, e algallya, e anime, e azeite, e pelles dos lobos marinhos, de que ha muytos no ryo do Ouro, segundo ja ouvistes.

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Descendants

• Galician: ámbar
• Portuguese: âmbar

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “ambar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Romanian

Noun

ambar n (plural ambare)

1. Alternative form of hambar

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• ȁnbār, hȁmbār

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish انبار (ambar), from Persian انبار (anbâr).

Noun

ȁmbār m (Cyrillic spelling а̏мба̄р)

1. granary

   Synonym: žitnica

2. silo
3. storehouse

Declension

Declension of ambar

	singular	plural
nominative	ambar	ambari
genitive	ambara	ambara
dative	ambaru	ambarima
accusative	ambar	ambare
vocative	ambare	ambari
locative	ambaru	ambarima
instrumental	ambarom	ambarima

Turkish

Alternative forms

• hanbar

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish انبار (embar, ambar), borrowed from Persian انبار (anbâr).

Noun

ambar

1. barn

   Coordinate terms: serender, nalya, bagen

2. granary
3. (nautical) hold

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	ambar
Definite accusative	ambarı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ambar	ambarlar
Definite accusative	ambarı	ambarları
Dative	ambara	ambarlara
Locative	ambarda	ambarlarda
Ablative	ambardan	ambarlardan
Genitive	ambarın	ambarların
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular ambarım ambarlarım 2nd singular ambarın ambarların 3rd singular ambarı ambarları 1st plural ambarımız ambarlarımız 2nd plural ambarınız ambarlarınız 3rd plural ambarları ambarları Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular ambarımı ambarlarımı 2nd singular ambarını ambarlarını 3rd singular ambarını ambarlarını 1st plural ambarımızı ambarlarımızı 2nd plural ambarınızı ambarlarınızı 3rd plural ambarlarını ambarlarını Dative Singular Plural 1st singular ambarıma ambarlarıma 2nd singular ambarına ambarlarına 3rd singular ambarına ambarlarına 1st plural ambarımıza ambarlarımıza 2nd plural ambarınıza ambarlarınıza 3rd plural ambarlarına ambarlarına Locative Singular Plural 1st singular ambarımda ambarlarımda 2nd singular ambarında ambarlarında 3rd singular ambarında ambarlarında 1st plural ambarımızda ambarlarımızda 2nd plural ambarınızda ambarlarınızda 3rd plural ambarlarında ambarlarında Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular ambarımdan ambarlarımdan 2nd singular ambarından ambarlarından 3rd singular ambarından ambarlarından 1st plural ambarımızdan ambarlarımızdan 2nd plural ambarınızdan ambarlarınızdan 3rd plural ambarlarından ambarlarından Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular ambarımın ambarlarımın 2nd singular ambarının ambarlarının 3rd singular ambarının ambarlarının 1st plural ambarımızın ambarlarımızın 2nd plural ambarınızın ambarlarınızın 3rd plural ambarlarının ambarlarının

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ambar”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN