مخمور

Arabic

Root
خ م ر (ḵ m r)
13 terms

Etymology

Derived from the passive participle of the verb خَمَرَ (ḵamara).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /max.muːr/
• Rhymes: -uːr

Participle

مَخْمُور • (maḵmūr) (feminine مَخْمُورَة (maḵmūra), masculine plural مَخْمُورُون (maḵmūrūn), feminine plural مَخْمُورَات (maḵmūrāt))

1. passive participle of خَمَرَ (ḵamara): drunk, intoxicated, inebriated

   Synonym: سَكْران (sakrān)

   ضَرَبَ الأَبُ ٱبْنَهُ لِأَنَّهُ كانَ مَخْمُورًا.

   ḍaraba l-ʔabu bnahu liʔannahu kāna maḵmūran.

   The father beat his son, because he was drunk.

   (A sentence used to exemplify pronominal ambiguity.)

Declension

Declension of adjective مَخْمُور (maḵmūr)

singular	masculine			feminine
	basic singular triptote			singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	construct	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَخْمُور maḵmūr	الْمَخْمُور al-maḵmūr	مَخْمُور maḵmūr	مَخْمُورَة maḵmūra	الْمَخْمُورَة al-maḵmūra	مَخْمُورَة maḵmūrat
nominative	مَخْمُورٌ maḵmūrun	الْمَخْمُورُ al-maḵmūru	مَخْمُورُ maḵmūru	مَخْمُورَةٌ maḵmūratun	الْمَخْمُورَةُ al-maḵmūratu	مَخْمُورَةُ maḵmūratu
accusative	مَخْمُورًا maḵmūran	الْمَخْمُورَ al-maḵmūra	مَخْمُورَ maḵmūra	مَخْمُورَةً maḵmūratan	الْمَخْمُورَةَ al-maḵmūrata	مَخْمُورَةَ maḵmūrata
genitive	مَخْمُورٍ maḵmūrin	الْمَخْمُورِ al-maḵmūri	مَخْمُورِ maḵmūri	مَخْمُورَةٍ maḵmūratin	الْمَخْمُورَةِ al-maḵmūrati	مَخْمُورَةِ maḵmūrati
dual	masculine			feminine
	indefinite	definite	construct	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَخْمُورَيْن maḵmūrayn	الْمَخْمُورَيْن al-maḵmūrayn	مَخْمُورَيْ maḵmūray	مَخْمُورَتَيْن maḵmūratayn	الْمَخْمُورَتَيْن al-maḵmūratayn	مَخْمُورَتَيْ maḵmūratay
nominative	مَخْمُورَانِ maḵmūrāni	الْمَخْمُورَانِ al-maḵmūrāni	مَخْمُورَا maḵmūrā	مَخْمُورَتَانِ maḵmūratāni	الْمَخْمُورَتَانِ al-maḵmūratāni	مَخْمُورَتَا maḵmūratā
accusative	مَخْمُورَيْنِ maḵmūrayni	الْمَخْمُورَيْنِ al-maḵmūrayni	مَخْمُورَيْ maḵmūray	مَخْمُورَتَيْنِ maḵmūratayni	الْمَخْمُورَتَيْنِ al-maḵmūratayni	مَخْمُورَتَيْ maḵmūratay
genitive	مَخْمُورَيْنِ maḵmūrayni	الْمَخْمُورَيْنِ al-maḵmūrayni	مَخْمُورَيْ maḵmūray	مَخْمُورَتَيْنِ maḵmūratayni	الْمَخْمُورَتَيْنِ al-maḵmūratayni	مَخْمُورَتَيْ maḵmūratay
plural	masculine			feminine
	sound masculine plural			sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	construct	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَخْمُورِين maḵmūrīn	الْمَخْمُورِين al-maḵmūrīn	مَخْمُورِي maḵmūrī	مَخْمُورَات maḵmūrāt	الْمَخْمُورَات al-maḵmūrāt	مَخْمُورَات maḵmūrāt
nominative	مَخْمُورُونَ maḵmūrūna	الْمَخْمُورُونَ al-maḵmūrūna	مَخْمُورُو maḵmūrū	مَخْمُورَاتٌ maḵmūrātun	الْمَخْمُورَاتُ al-maḵmūrātu	مَخْمُورَاتُ maḵmūrātu
accusative	مَخْمُورِينَ maḵmūrīna	الْمَخْمُورِينَ al-maḵmūrīna	مَخْمُورِي maḵmūrī	مَخْمُورَاتٍ maḵmūrātin	الْمَخْمُورَاتِ al-maḵmūrāti	مَخْمُورَاتِ maḵmūrāti
genitive	مَخْمُورِينَ maḵmūrīna	الْمَخْمُورِينَ al-maḵmūrīna	مَخْمُورِي maḵmūrī	مَخْمُورَاتٍ maḵmūrātin	الْمَخْمُورَاتِ al-maḵmūrāti	مَخْمُورَاتِ maḵmūrāti

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: مخمور (mahmur) (see there for further descendants)
• → Punjabi: ਮਖਮੂਰ (makhmūr)
• → Azerbaijani: məxmur
• → Uyghur: مەخمۇر (mexmur)
• → Uzbek: maxmur

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَخْمُور (maḵmūr, “drunk, intoxicated”), from the verb خَمَرَ (ḵamara, “to brew, ferment, leaven”).

Adjective

مخمور • (mahmur) (comparative دخی مخمور (dahı mahmur), superlative اڭ مخمور (eñ mahmur))

1. drunk, inebriated, intoxicated as a result of excessive alcohol consumption

   Synonyms: اسرك (esrik, esrük), سرخوش (sarhoş), سكران (sekran), كچكین (geçkin), مست (mest)

2. drowsy, lethargic, dozy, heavy with sleepiness, especially after a hangover

   Synonym: نعسان (naʼsan)

3. (of the eye) languid, faint, sleepy, lacking energy, liveliness, or emotion

   Synonym: بایغین (baygın)

Derived terms

• مخمور چورباسی (mahmur çorbası, “sour soup”)
• مخمور چیچكى (mahmur çiçeği, “crocus flower”)
• مخمورلق (mahmurluk, “hangover”)
• چشم مخمور (çeşm-i mahmur, “drowsy”)

Descendants

• Turkish: mahmur
• → Albanian: mahmur
• → Armenian: մահմուռ (mahmuṙ), մախմուռ (maxmuṙ)
• → Bulgarian: махму́рен (mahmúren)
• → Greek: μαχμουρλής (machmourlís)
• → Hungarian: mámoros
• → Romanian: mahmur
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: ма̏мӯран

  Latin script: mȁmūran

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “mahmur”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3018
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “mahmûr”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎ (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 679
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مخمور”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1137
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Ebrius”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 442
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “مخمور”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 4496
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mahmur”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مخمور”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1781