شمر
Root: مشمخر
2 entries for this word
Hans Wehr Definitions
Entry 1
شمر II to gather up, lift, roll up, tuck up, turn up (هـ a garment); to prepare, get ready │ شمر للأمر to embark upon s.th., buckle down to s.th.; شمر عن ساعده to bare the upper arm (by rolling up the sleeve), get to work; شمر عن يد الجد (s. al-jidd) to buckle dawn to a job, rally all one’s forces, put one’s shoulder to the wheel V to set to work briskly 485
Entry 2
شمر šamar fennel (bot.)
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