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samarra

samarra is the alternative form of simar.

Meaning of simar

Noun

simar (plural simars)

  1. (archaic, historical) A woman's loose, long dress or robe; sometimes specifically, an undergarment or chemise.
    • [T]heir beautiful tresses were braided and incensed; and they were wrapped in symars whiter than alabaster.1786, [William Beckford], translated by [Samuel Henley], An Arabian Tale, from an Unpublished Manuscript: […] [Vathek], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC
  2. A type of ecclesiastical vestment, similar to a cassock.
  3. (obsolete) A light covering; a cloak or mantle.

Proper noun capitalized: Samarra

Samarra

  1. A city in Iraq, on the east bank of the Tigris. In medieval times, it was the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate.

Forms of samarra

Noun
pluralsamarras
Proper noun
alternative formSamarrah

Origin of samarra

Borrowed from Arabic سَامَرَّاء (sāmarrāʔ).

Words formed from samarra

Phrases with samarra

Questions about samarra

What does samarra mean?
Samarra means a city in Iraq, on the east bank of the Tigris. In medieval times, it was the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate.
What is samarra the alternative form of?
Samarra is the alternative form of simar.
What part of speech is samarra?
Samarra is a proper noun.

Words near samarra in the dictionary

  1. Samaroos
  2. Samarqand
  3. Samarqandi
  4. Samarqandi paper
  5. Samarqandis
  6. samarra
  7. Samarrah
  8. samarras
  9. samarskite
  10. samarskites
  11. Samarth

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Adapted from Wiktionary: samarra (page history and authors); Samarra (page history and authors); simar (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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