Arabic vocabulary
عُمَرUmar in Arabic
عُمَر is how you say “Umar” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
Root ع م ر (ʿ-m-r)proper noun (masculine given name)Pronounced ʿumar
Meaning of Umar in Arabic
- Umar (a masculine proper name) — Built on the same root as the words for 'life' and 'lifetime' below; the root's core sense is living long, or a place/thing being inhabited and flourishing.
عُمَر itself is a proper name rather than a common noun, but it is built on the same root that gives Arabic its everyday words for 'life' and 'lifetime' (عُمْر, عَمْر) and for a place being 'inhabited' or 'flourishing' (عَامِر, عِمَارَة). Lane's entry centers on the verb عَمِرَ, 'to live long,' and its causative عَمَّرَ, 'to prolong someone's life.'
Words from the same root
- عَمِرَhe lived, or continued in life, long; his life was, or became, long
- عَمَّرَhe (God) lengthened or prolonged someone's life, made him continue in life
- عُمْرٌlife, lifetime (the most chaste of the verbal-noun forms)
- عَمْرٌlife, lifetime (variant verbal-noun form, also used as a proper name)
- عَامِرٌinhabited, peopled, flourishing, in a state of good repair
- عِمَارَةٌthe state of a place being inhabited, built up, or kept in good repair
- عُمْرَانٌa place becoming inhabited and flourishing
Common questions
- How do you say "Umar" in Arabic?
- عُمَر (ʿumar).
- What root does the name Umar come from, and what does it mean?
- It comes from the root ع-م-ر, whose core verb عَمِرَ means 'to live long' or 'continue in life'; the same root gives عُمْر (life, lifetime) and عَامِر (inhabited, flourishing).
Definitions synthesised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).
Example sentences
وعلى عمر مخرج الرسول من دار الخيزران وقد طال ما خبي،
And upon Umar, who led the Prophet out from the house of Al-Khazeran, and indeed what was hidden lasted long.
عُمَرَ — Umar. This proper name is governed by the preposition 'upon' just before it. As a name of this type it takes a single -a ending in the post-preposition slot rather than the usual two-vowel ending, a quirk of certain proper nouns.
From: The Story of Prophet Joseph →وَقَد رَوَاهُ البُخَارِيّ فِي صَحِيحه عَن عمر بن الْخطاب
Al-Bukhari narrated it in his Sahih from Umar ibn al-Khattab.
عُمَرَ — Umar. This is a personal name in the genitive case because the preposition just before it governs it, even though proper names carry case in Arabic. Note this name takes a single undoubled ending rather than the usual two, the pattern certain names follow.
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