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kāmirā

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كامِرا

Word

Noun · pattern فاعِلا

Root

ك م ر

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وَهٰذِهِ هِيَ الْفِكْرَةُ الَّتِي قَامَتْ عَلَيْهَا آلَةُ التَّصْوِيرِ بَعْدَ قُرُونٍ، وَمِنِ اسْمِ هٰذِهِ الْغُرْفَةِ فِي اللَّاتِينِيَّةِ جَاءَتْ كَلِمَةُ «الْكَامِيرَا».

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 4 entries
  • كَمَرَ Form I He (a circumciser) missed the place of circumcision
    He (a circumciser) missed the place of circumcision [and hurt, or wounded, the glans of the penis]. (IKtt.)
  • كَمَرَةٌ head
    The head [or glans] of the penis; (K;) or i. q. حَشَفَةٌ: (Msb:) pl. كَمَرٌ: (S, Msb, K:) [or rather, the latter is a coll. gen. n.; and the former, the n. un.] It is said in a proverb, الكَمَرُ أَشْبَاهُ الكَمَرِ; alluding to the likeness of one thing to another. (K.) ― -b2- Hence, by synecdoche, (tropical:) The penis, altogether. (Msb.)
  • مَكْمُورٌ having the head
    A man (S) having the head [or glans] of his penis, (Msb, K,) or the extremity of the head of his penis, (S,) hurt, or wounded, by the circumciser. (S, Msb, K.)
  • كَمَرٌ A kind of belt with a receptacle for money
    A kind of belt with a receptacle for money.

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