محار

From the root ح و ر (ḥ-w-r), or perhaps from a lost Aramaic term from the cognate root related to “whiteness”, as حَوَر (ḥawar, “poplar”).

• IPA^(key): /ma.ħaːr/

مَحَار • (maḥār) m (collective, singulative مَحَارَة f (maḥāra))

1. oyster
2. mother-of-pearl, nacre

   Synonyms: صَدَف (ṣadaf), زَلَف (zalaf), عِرْق اللُّؤْلُؤ (ʕirq al-luʔluʔ), أُمّ اللَّآلِئ (ʔumm al-laʔāliʔ)

   • p. 1897, a. 1917, “Gifts worthy of kings: An episode in Dār Fūr-Taqalī relations”, in Lidwien Kapteijns and Jay Spaulding, editors, Sudanic Africa‎, volume 1, published 1990, pages 61–70:

     ١ سيف بلدي مفضه ببرشم فضه وتوم ومحاره وخروس فضه وكستبانه فضه مجلد مدس
     ١ حربة شلكاية كبيرة مسلكة بفضه
     ١ تركاس داخله سبعه حراب طبايق مسلكين بفضه
     ٢ كواكب مسلكين بفضه

     1 native silvered sword with hilt of silver, decorative silvern beads, nacre, silver rings, a silver pommel, and tanned leather.
     1 large long jagged spear wired in silver
     1 quiver wherein there are seven short throwing spears wired with silver
     2 spears of wide and jagged blade wired with silver

From Arabic مَحَار (maḥār).

• IPA^(key): /maˈħːaːr/

محار • (maḥḥār) m (collective, singulative محارة f (maḥḥāra))

1. oyster, clam, scallop

From Arabic مَحَار (maḥār).

• IPA^(key): /maˈħaːr/

محار • (maḥār) m (collective, singulative محارة f (maḥāra))

1. oyster

• بَلَح البَحَر (balaḥ al-baḥar, “mussel”)