samara

From Latin samara (“elm seed”), from a Gaulish term derived from Proto-Celtic *samos (“summer”).

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsæmərə/, /səˈmɛrə/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsæmərə/, /səˈmɛərə/

samara (plural samaras or samarae)

1. The winged indehiscent fruit of trees such as the ash, elm or maple.
   • 1993, R. H. Richens, "Ulmaceae", pages 95-96 in, V. H. Heywood, ed., Flowering Plants of the World, updated edition, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 96:

     The fruit is a nut, samara or drupe, containing a single seed with a straight embryo and little or no endosperm.

   Synonyms: helicopter, polynose, whirligig, whirlybird

• Asmara, asrama

samara

1. Romanization of ᬲᬫᬭ

Borrowed from Latin samara, from a Gaulish term derived from Proto-Celtic *samos (“summer”).

samara f (plural samare)

1. (botany) samara (winged indehiscent fruit of trees such as the ash, elm or maple)

• Asmara

• samera

From Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *samos (“summer”).

samara f (genitive samarae); first declension

1. the winged fruit of an elm tree
2. (New Latin, botany) samara

First-declension noun.

• “samara”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• samara in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “samara”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “samara”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Borrowed from Sanskrit समर (samara, “hostile encounter, conflict, struggle, war, battle”).

• IPA^(key): /sa.ma.ra/
• Rhymes: -ra
• Hyphenation: sa‧ma‧ra

samara

1. battle
2. battlefield

• → Balinese: ᬲᬫᬭ (samara, “battle”)

• "samara" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

• IPA^(key): /saˈma.ra/

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• Rhymes: -ara
• Syllabification: sa‧ma‧ra
• Homophone: Samara

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samara f (diminutive samarka)

1. (slang) ziploc bag
2. (prison slang) stomach, belly

Borrowed from Russian Сама́ра (Samára), an oblast of Russia.

samara f

1. (colloquial) Lada Samara (series of small family cars produced by Soviet/Russian vehicle manufacturer AvtoVAZ under the Lada brand between 1984 and 2013)

• samara in Polish dictionaries at PWN