Standard Lemma guide

Omar

name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈəʊmɑː/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈoʊmɑɹ/
  • rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: OW1 M AA0 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

Omar bin al-Khattab, second Sunni Islamic caliph and a companion of Muhammad

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: Islam, lifestyle, religion

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A male given name from Arabic.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A glacial erratic piece of (typically smooth) dark siliceous greywacke that exhibits a hemispherical pit or hole (as a result of selective dissolution of carbonate concretions within the greywacke), originating in the Omarolluk Formation and carried by glaciers throughout Canada and the United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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History

Etymology

From Arabic عُمَر (ʕumar). Doublet of Umar.

From the Proterozoic Omarolluk Formation in the Hudson Bay, where they originated.

Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: عُمَر (ʕumar) — male given name
  • Azerbaijani: Ömər — male given name
  • Bashkir: Ғүмәр (Ğümər) — male given name
  • Bengali: ওমর (ōmor) — male given name
  • Chinese Mandarin: 奧馬爾 /奥马尔 (Àomǎ'ěr) — male given name
  • Chinese Mandarin: 吾買爾 /吾买尔 (Wúmǎi'ěr) — male given name
  • Hausa: Umaru — male given name
  • Kazakh: Омар (Omar) — male given name
  • Kyrgyz: Омор (Omor) — male given name
  • Marathi: ओमार (omār) — male given name
  • Persian: عمر (Omar) — male given name
  • Portuguese: Omar — male given name
  • Spanish: Omar — male given name
  • Tajik: Умар (Umar) — male given name
  • Turkish: Ömer — male given name
  • Ottoman Turkish: عمر (Ömer) — male given name
  • Uyghur: ئۆمەر (ömer) — male given name
  • Uzbek: Umar — male given name