kumar

kumar m (definite singular kumaren, indefinite plural kumrar, definite plural kumrane)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of kummar

• khumara

Hypothesized to possibly be related to a Polynesian word; compare Maori kūmara, Hawaiian ʻuala, etc. The sweet potato itself is known from Polynesia before European contact, however it is debated whether this was due to natural dispersal or Polynesian contact with American peoples. Amongst proponents of the latter theory, there is also debate about whether Polynesian peoples traveled to South America and brought the sweet potato back with them, or if South American indigeneous peoples brought the potato to eastern Polynesian islands such as Rapa Nui. The Polynesian voyages to remote places such as Hawaii, as well as human genetic evidence, have been suggested by some scholars as evidence that contact could have occurred, or actually did occur, between Polynesians and indigenous Americans, but such contact does not necessarily prove that the Polynesian sweet potato derives from South America. Further, the nature of the relationship between the Quechua and Polynesian terms is somewhat unclear.

kumar

1. sweet potato

• IPA^(key): /kuˈmɑɾ/, [kʰuˈmɑɾ̞̊]
• Rhymes: -ɑɾ
• Hyphenation: ku‧mar

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قمار (kumar), from Arabic قِمَار (qimār).

kumar (definite accusative kumarı, plural kumarlar)

1. gambling

   Kumarda evini kaybetmiş

   He lost his house by gambling

• “kumar”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kumar”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

kumar

1. alternative form of komar