xaamaár dragon; big snake

Part of Speech n.masc
Vernacular Form خامار
Phonetic Form xaamaár
Inflection Class aan-decl (Obl): -á, (Pl): -aán
Origin Pashto: xaamaar
    • dragon; big snake
      • Example 703:
        táa gíia ta gíri ǰhulí xaamaár dhreég de hínuee níindram maǰí hínu aaraám ki.
        táa
        there.REM
        gíia
        go.pfv.pl
        ta
        DS
        gíri
        rock
        ǰhulí
        on
        xaamaár
        dragon
        dhreég
        stretched.out
        de
        put
        -í
        -CV
        hin
        be.prs
        -u
        -MSG
        =ee
        CONJ
        níindram
        sleep.obl
        maǰí
        in
        hin
        be.prs
        -u
        -MSG
        aaraám
        ease
        ki
        at
        And when they got there, they saw a dragon asleep, resting on a big stone.
        Source: A:DRA009-10

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