مكر

Meaning

Verb

1. to plot, to scheme, to plan
2. to whistle
3. to dye red
4. to irrigate

Noun

verbal noun of مَكَرَ (makara) (form I)

Noun

1. Polycarpaea repens
2. Launaea resedifolia
3. Paronychia arabica syn. Herniaria lenticula

Noun

reel, a roll around which one coils

Noun

battleground where one returns, place of repeated skirmish with the enemy

Adj

skillful in recurring, attacking repeatedly (said for example of a battle horse)

Concepts

cunning

deceive

deception

double-cross

double-dealing

hirer

landlord

lessor

reel

ruse

sly

stratagem

Etymology

Compare Hebrew מכר (makhár, “to sell”) and Akkadian 𒈠𒆍𒊒𒌝 (makārum, “to do business”). Originally the Arabic root presumably had to do with commerce and market planning but over time the definition expanded to encompass any kind of strategic planning or plotting. Doublet of تَجَرَ (tajara, “to trade”).