عمراً · عُمْر — no way!, never (colloquial)
Persian coinageProbableinterjection · Expressions · common
Built in Persian from Arabic parts. Arabic doesn't say it this way.
Arabic
عُمْر
ʿumr/ʕumr/
In Arabic
life, lifetime
Arabic says: أَبَدًا abadan
Persian
عمراً
omran/omræn/
In Persian
no way!, never (colloquial)
- Root
- ع م ر
Note. Colloquial Persian 'not in a lifetime', built on Arabic ʿumr. An Arabic speaker says abadan or mustaḥīl.
Spelling. Persian adds Arabic-style tanwin -an to ʿumr.
Sources: Dehkhoda · Moʻin · Wehr
Same root ع م ر
- Same meaningعُمْرعمرʿumr · omr
life, lifetime; age
Root ع م ر
- Same meaningاِسْتِعْمَاراستعمارistiʿmār · esteʾmār
colonialism
Root ع م ر
- Shifted meaningProbableتَعْمِيرتعمیرtaʿmīr · taʾmir
building, construction; restoration; populating (land)
Root ع م ر
- Persian coinageتَعْمِيرتعمیرگاهtaʿmīr · taʾmirgāh
building up, construction; restoration
Root ع م ر