ʿmr

Central Semitic, to live, dwell, build; noun *ʿumr-, life.

1. Omri (king of Israel), from Hebrew ʿomrî, probably short for *ʿomrîyāh, my life (is) Yahweh, from ʿomrî, my life, from *ʿōmer (< *ʿumr-), life.

2.

a. Omar, from Arabic ʿumar, probably akin to ʿumr, life;

b. imaret, from Arabic ʿimāra, building. Both a and b from Arabic ʿmara, to live, dwell, build.

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