From Edward William Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon (1863–1893), under the root زمر. Digitised by the Perseus Project (Tufts); Arabic decoded from Perseus's transliteration.
زَمَرَ , aor. زَمِرَ and زَمُرَ , inf. n. زَمْرٌ (S, Msb, K) and زَمِيرٌ (Msb, K) and زَمَرَانٌ ; (ISd, TA;) and ↓ زمّر , inf. n. تَزْمِيرٌ ; (K;) He [piped, or] played upon (lit. sang in) a reed; (K;) he blew in a مِزْمَارٌ . (S, * A, Msb. *) ― -b2- [Hence,] زَمَرَ النَّعَامُ , (S, K,) and زَمَرَتِ الهَيْقَةُ , (A,) or النَّعَامَةُ , (TA,) aor. زَمِرَ , inf. n. زِمَارٌ (S, A, K) and زُمَارٌ , (TA,) (tropical:) The ostriches, (S, K,) and the she-ostrich, (A, TA,) cried, or uttered their, or her, cry. (S, A, K, TA.) [Said only of the females, or a female:] of the male ostrich one says only عَارَّ . (S, TA.) ― -b3- And زَمَرَ بِالحَدِيثِ (tropical:) He published, or divulged, the story. (A, K.) ― -b4- And زَمَرَ فُلَانًا بِفُلَانٍ He excited, or incited, such a one against such a one. (A, * K, TA.) -A2- زَمِرَ , (S, K,) aor. زَمَرَ , (K,) inf. n. زَمَرٌ , (S,) He had little hair, (S, * K, * TA,) and little wool. (K, * TA.) ― -b2- Also, [hence,] inf. n. as above, (S,) or زَمَارَةٌ and زُمُورَةٌ , (TA,) (tropical:) He (a man, S, TA) had little مُرُوْءَة [i. e. manliness, or manly virtue]. (S, K.) ― -b3- And زَمِرَ مَالُهُ , inf. n. as above, (assumed tropical:) His property became little, or scanty. (TA in art. قفر .)
زَمَّرَ see 1, first sentence.
استزمر (tropical:) He was, or became, abject, or ignominious, or weak, and small in body, and lean; being abased or brought low. (A, TA.) [See also the part n., below.]
زَمْرٌ : see زُمْرَةٌ .
زَمِرٌ Having little hair; (S, A, K;) and having little wool: fem. with ة . (A, K.) You say صَبِىٌّ زَمِرٌ A child having little hair: and شَاةٌ زَمِرَةٌ [A sheep, or goat, having little wool or hair]: and غَنَمٌ زَوَامِرُ [Sheep, or goats, having little wool or hair]: (A, TA:) and نَاقَةٌ زَمِرَةٌ A she-camel having little fur: and نَبْتٌ زَمِٰرٌ [app. meaning A plant having few leaves]. (Ham p. 683.) And شَعَرٌ زَمِرٌ [Scanty, or thin, hair]. (A, TA.) ― -b2- Also, [hence,] (S, K,) or زَمِرُ المُرُوْءَةِ , (A,) (tropical:) A man (A) having little مُرُوْءَة [i. e. manliness, or manly virtue]. (S, A, * K.) ― -b3- And زَمِرُ المَالِ (assumed tropical:) A man having little, or scanty, property. (AZ, TA in art. قفر .) ― -b4- And عَطِيَّةٌ زَمِرَةٌ (tropical:) A scanty, or small, gift. (A, * TA.) -A2- Also Good singing: (Th, TA:) [and] so ↓ زَمِيرٌ . (Az, O, TA.) ― -b2- And Goodly in countenance. (K.)
زَمْرَةٌ A company, or congregated body, of men; (S, K;) as also ↓ زَوْمَرٌ : (TA:) or (so in the TA, but in the K “ and ”) a party in a state of dispersion: (K:) pl. زُمَرٌ : (S, A, K:) you say, جَاوءُوا زُمَرًا They came in parties in a state of dispersion, one after another: (A:) some say that زُمْرَةٌ is from ↓ زَمْرٌ [originally an inf. n., (see 1, first sentence,) and hence] signifying “ sound, ” because a company of men is not without sound: others, that it signifies a company of few persons; from شَاةٌ زَمِرَةٌ : (MF:) but the former is the proper derivation, and is confirmed by what is said in the B. (TA.)
زَمُورٌ : see the next paragraph.
زَمِيرٌ Short; (Kr, K;) applied to a man: (TA:) pl. زِمَارٌ . (Kr, K.) ― -b2- And Beautiful; applied to a boy, or young man; (AA, Th, O, K;) as also ↓ زَوْمَرٌ (AA, O, K) and ↓ زَمُورٌ . (K.) ― -b3- See also زَمِرٌ .
زِمَارَةٌ The act [or art] of [piping, or] playing upon the reed [or مِزْمَار ]. (K.)
زَمَّارٌ (As, S, A, Msb, K) and ↓ زَامِرٌ , (As, S, K,) but the latter is rare, (K,) or scarcely ever used, (S,) or it is not allowable, (Msb,) applied to a man; and ↓ زَامِرَةُ , (S, Msb, K,) but not زَمَّارَةٌ , (S, Msb,) applied to a woman; (S, Msb, K;) A [piper, or] player upon a reed; (K;) one who blows in a مِزْمَار . (S, * A, Msb. *) ― -b2- Also زَمَّارَةٌ , (assumed tropical:) A fornicatress, or an adulteress: (Th, A'Obeyd, Az, S, K:) so in a trad., in which it is said نَهَى عَنْ كَسْبِ الزَّمَّارَةِ He prohibited the gain of the fornicatress: (Th, A'Obeyd, Az, S:) so called because she publishes her business: (Th:) some say that the correct word is here رَمَّازَة , because such a woman makes signs with her lips and her eyes and her eyebrows: Az says that he holds the former to be the right; and Abu-l- 'Abbás Ahmad says that the latter is wrong, and that the former signifies a beautiful prostitute: but Az adds that the trad. may mean as above, or he prohibited the gain of the female singer, as AHát relates on the authority of As. (TA.)
زَمَّارَةٌ [fem. of زَمَّارٌ , q. v. ― -b2- Also] i. q. مِزْمَارٌ , q. v. (K.) ― -b3- And (tropical:) A سَاجُور [i. e. collar, or collar of iron,] (O, A, K, TA) that is put upon the neck of a dog. (TA.) ― -b4- And metaphorically used as meaning (tropical:) A جَامِعَة ; (A, TA;) [i. e.] A [shackle for the neck and hands, such as is called] غُلّ . (TA.) And (assumed tropical:) A bar of iron ( عَمُودٌ ) between the two rings of the [shackle called] غُلّ : (M, O, K:) so termed because of its sound. (O.) ― -b5- Also A she-ostrich. (Har p. 408.)
زَامِرٌ ; and its fem., with ة : see زَمَّارٌ .
زَوْمَرٌ : see زُمْرَةٌ : -A2- and see also زَمِيرٌ . ― -b2- Also Playing; or a player. (O.)
مُزَمَّرٌ (assumed tropical:) Shackled [with a زَمَّارة ]. (O, TA.)
مِزْمَارٌ A musical reed, or pipe; (S, * A, Msb, * K, * TA;) what is called in Persian نَاىْ [now generally meaning a flute]; (marginal note in a copy of the KT;) as also ↓ زَمَّارَةٌ , (K,) [which latter, by many pronounced زُمَّارَة , and generally so pronounced in Egypt, is applied to a double reed-pipe, figured and described in my work on the Modern Egyptians,] and ↓ مَزْمُورٌ and ↓ مَزْمُورٌ , (IAth,) the latter like مَغْلُوقٌ and مَغْرُودٌ : (TA:) pl. of the first, (S, A,) and of the last two, مَزَامِيرُ . (S, * A.) It is related in a trad., that Mohammad, on hearing Aboo-Moosà El-Ash'aree reciting, said to him, لَقَدْ أُعْطِيتَ مِزْمَارًا مِنْ مَزَامِيرِ ا=لِ دَاوُودَ (tropical:) [Verily thou hast been gifted with a pipe like that of David himself]; likening the sweetness of his voice and melody to the sound of the مِزْمَار ; (TA;) as though he had musical pipes in his throat: or مزاميرا=ل داوود is here the same as مَزْمُورَات دَاوُود : (A:) for, ― -b2- مَزَامِيرُ دَاوُودَ also signifies [The Psalms of David;] what David used to sing, or chant, ( يَتَغَنَّى بِهِ , in the CK يُتَغَنَّى به ,) of the Psalms: (K:) and to such is likened the utmost sweetness of voice in reciting: and ا=ل is said to be here redundant or pleonastic; meaning the person: (TA:) or (so in the TA, but in the K “ and ”) مزامير داوود signifies kinds of prayer, or supplication: it is pl. of مِزْمَارٌ and of ↓ مَزْمُورٌ or مُزْمُورٌ . (So in different copies of the K.)
مَزْمُورٌ and مُزْمُورٌ : see مِزْمَارٌ , in two places.
مُسْتَزْمِرٌ (tropical:) Shrinking, and abject, or ignominious, in his own estimation. (K, TA.) [See also its verb.]
The roots that most often share a verse with ز م ر. Window: the verse. Measure: the number of distinct verses in which both roots occur (of the 2 this root appears in). Ubiquitous roots are excluded so genuinely connected concepts surface — see the method.
Page 1 of 1. The root is highlighted in each verse.
وَسِيقَٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوٓا۟إِلَىٰجَهَنَّمَزُمَرًاحَتَّىٰٓإِذَاجَآءُوهَافُتِحَتْأَبْوَٰبُهَاوَقَالَلَهُمْخَزَنَتُهَآأَلَمْيَأْتِكُمْرُسُلٌمِّنكُمْيَتْلُونَعَلَيْكُمْءَايَٰتِرَبِّكُمْوَيُنذِرُونَكُمْلِقَآءَيَوْمِكُمْهَٰذَاقَالُوا۟بَلَىٰوَلَٰكِنْحَقَّتْكَلِمَةُٱلْعَذَابِعَلَىٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ
Reference 39:71وَسِيقَٱلَّذِينَٱتَّقَوْا۟رَبَّهُمْإِلَىٱلْجَنَّةِزُمَرًاحَتَّىٰٓإِذَاجَآءُوهَاوَفُتِحَتْأَبْوَٰبُهَاوَقَالَلَهُمْخَزَنَتُهَاسَلَٰمٌعَلَيْكُمْطِبْتُمْفَٱدْخُلُوهَاخَٰلِدِينَ
Reference 39:73No published investigation cites this root yet. When one does, it appears here — the evidence links back to the argument.