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şamar.

a harsh slap across the face with an open palm

5 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

noun/ʃaˈmaɾ/
  1. a harsh slap across the face with an open palm

  2. any sort of harsh physical attack with the hand

    broadly
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish شمار (şamar). According to Çağbayır and Ayverdi, perhaps onomatopoeic, from şap (“slapping sound”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.