καμάρα

See also: κάμαρα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κᾰμᾰ́ρη (kămắrē) — Ionic

Etymology

An Old Iranian borrowing, from Proto-Iranian *kamarā- (“something curved”), from *kamárati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kmárati, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em- (“to bend, curve”).

Compare Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬨𐬀𐬭𐬁 (kamarā, “girdle”),^[1] Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (kml /⁠kamar⁠/, “waist; belt, girdle”), Manichaean Middle Persian 𐫞𐫖𐫡 (qmr /⁠kamar⁠/, “vault”), Persian کمر (kamar, “waist; belt, girdle; arch, cupola, dome, arched bridge”) and the Old Armenian loanword կամար (kamar, “girdle; arch, vault”).^[2][3][4][5] The Hesychian gloss καμαρίς (kamarís, “woman's ornament”) is also from Iranian.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.má.raː/ → /kaˈma.ra/ → /kaˈma.ra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.má.raː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kaˈma.ra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kaˈma.ra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kaˈma.ra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kaˈma.ra/

Noun

κᾰμᾰ́ρᾱ • (kămắrā) f (genitive κᾰμᾰ́ρᾱς); first declension

1. anything with an arched cover such as a covered carriage or boat, a vaulted chamber; vault, span

Declension

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κᾰμᾰ́ρᾱ hē kămắrā	τὼ κᾰμᾰ́ρᾱ tṑ kămắrā	αἱ κᾰμᾰ́ραι hai kămắrai
Genitive	τῆς κᾰμᾰ́ρᾱς tês kămắrās	τοῖν κᾰμᾰ́ραιν toîn kămắrain	τῶν κᾰμᾰρῶν tôn kămărôn
Dative	τῇ κᾰμᾰ́ρᾳ têi kămắrāi	τοῖν κᾰμᾰ́ραιν toîn kămắrain	ταῖς κᾰμᾰ́ραις taîs kămắrais
Accusative	τὴν κᾰμᾰ́ρᾱν tḕn kămắrān	τὼ κᾰμᾰ́ρᾱ tṑ kămắrā	τᾱ̀ς κᾰμᾰ́ρᾱς tā̀s kămắrās
Vocative	κᾰμᾰ́ρᾱ kămắrā	κᾰμᾰ́ρᾱ kămắrā	κᾰμᾰ́ραι kămắrai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First declension of ἡ κᾰμᾰ́ρᾱ; τῆς κᾰμᾰ́ρᾱς (Attic)

Descendants

• Greek: καμάρα (kamára)
• → Arabic: كَمَرَة (kamara), قُمْرَة (qumra)
• → Latin: camara, camera (see there for further descendants)
• ⇒ Italian: Cammarata
• →? Old Georgian: კამარაჲ (ḳamaray)
  • →? Georgian: კამარა (ḳamara)

References

1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “καμάρα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 629–630
2. Lagarde, Paul de (1877) Armenische Studien (in German), Göttingen: Dieterich, page 73
3. Fick A. (1909) “Hesychglossen VI”, in Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung‎, volume 43, pages 137–138
4. Hemmerdinger, Bertrand (1971) “173 noms communs grecs d'origine iranienne”, in Byzantinoslavica‎ (in French), volume 32, page 54 of 52–55
5. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kemer”, in Nişanyan Sözlük.

Further reading

• “καμάρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “καμάρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• καμάρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• καμάρα in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára).^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈma.ɾa/
• Hyphenation: κα‧μά‧ρα

Noun

καμάρα • (kamára) f (plural καμάρες)

1. (architecture) arch

   Synonym: αψίδα f (apsída)

2. (anatomy) arch (the curved part of the bottom of a foot)
3. (gymnastics) bridge

Declension

Declension of καμάρα

	singular	plural
nominative	καμάρα (kamára)	καμάρες (kamáres)
genitive	καμάρας (kamáras)	καμαρών (kamarón)
accusative	καμάρα (kamára)	καμάρες (kamáres)
vocative	καμάρα (kamára)	καμάρες (kamáres)

References

1. καμάρα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language