ʕmr / Semitic roots
Examples of words with the root ʕmr: imaret.
ʕmr
Central Semitic, to live, dwell, build; noun *ʕumr-, life.
1. Omri (king of Israel), from Hebrew ʕomrî, probably short for *ʕomrîyāh, my life (is) Yahweh, from ʕomrî, my life, from *ʕōmer (< *ʕumr-), life.
2.
a. Omar, from Arabic ʕumar, probably akin to ʕumr, life;;
b. imaret, from Arabic ʕimāra, building. Both a and b from Arabic ʕamara, to live, dwell, build.
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