Samar is a female/male given name, gender is based on the country. It is used in several languages.

Sanskrit

Samar in Sanskrit, the word originates from an ancient manuscript,

Samarangana Sutradhara ''Samarangana Sutradhara'', sometimes referred to as ''Samarāṅgaṇasūtradhāra'', is an 11th-century poetic treatise on classical Indian architecture ( Vastu Shastra) written in Sanskrit language attributed to Paramara King Bhoja of Dhar. ...

, or "Battlefield Commander" (sometimes abbreviated "the ''Samar''"), detailing techniques of warfare and ancient Hindu aeronautics, composed in Sanskrit by King

Bhoja Bhoja (reigned c. 1010–1055 CE) was an Indian king from the Paramara dynasty. His kingdom was centered around the Malwa region in central India, where his capital Dhara-nagara (modern Dhar) was located. Bhoja fought wars with nearly all h ...

Dhar Dhar is a city located in Dhar district of the Malwa region in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. The city is the administrative headquarters of the Dhar district. Before Indian independence from Great Britain, it was the capital of the ...

of the

Paramara Dynasty The Paramara dynasty (IAST: Paramāra) was an Indian dynasty that ruled Malwa and surrounding areas in west-central India between 9th and 14th centuries. They belonged to the Parmara clan of the Rajputs. The dynasty was established in either ...

in the 11th Century A.D. It is also referred as time in folk phrases.

Arabic

Samar is generally an Arabic female given name meaning "evening conversations (including Arabic music and poetry)". ''Samar'' is a female name in Islamic culture. Another meaning used as a female given name bears the meaning "the night and its blackness", where the saying goes: "''lā âtiy-hi samara'' (لا آتيهِ سَمَرًا)", meaning "I wouldn't visit him at ''samar'' (that is, the night)" or another meaning used as the "brown" like the shadow of the Moon. The name or adjective itself stems from the root verb ''samara'' (سَمَرَ) meaning "chat with one another at the night, having an evening of entertainment". Another possibility Arabs where the name is used stems from the root verb ''Samra'' (سمرأ) meaning "to have a dark complexion - brown, embrown, tan" or "to make something brown - browning, brownish". Also, the name is from the brown colour that is the shadow of the Moon. ''Samar'' in Arabic is a cognate of the Hebrew name '' Shamar'', which means "preservation, protection, conservation". This name is the stem or root of other Arabic given names associated with this name, the variants are: *

Samer Samer (; pcd, Samé; vls, Sint-Wulmaars) is a commune and in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Population Places of interest * The church of St.Martin, dating from the 15th century. * The château du Gran ...

(سَامِر ''sāmir'') - male given name *

Samir Samir (variantly spelled Sameer) is a male name found commonly in the Middle East, Central Asia and Europe. In Arabic, Samir () means holy, jovial, loyal or charming. In Albanian, it translates literally as “so good” but the connotation is clo ...

(سَمِير ''samīr'') - male given name *

Samira Samira (also spelled Samirah, Sameera, and Sameerah /sæˈmiːrə/, ar, سميرة is an Arabic female given name. It is derived from the root s-m-r ('to spend the night in talking'), ultimately meaning ''night-companion'', ''entertaining compani ...

(سَمِيرة ''samīrah'') - female given name formed from the male given name Samir (سَمِير ''samīr'')

Hindi

Samar is a Hindi male given name and means "war" from the Sanskrit Samara.

People with the surname Samar (Sanskrit/ Hindi)

* Akim Samar (1916 - 1943), Soviet Nanai poet *

Devi Lal Samar Devi Lal Samar (30 July 1911 – 3 December 1981) was an Indian puppeteer who was the founder-director of a folk-theatre museum called the Bharatiya Lok Kala Mandal in Udaipur, Rajasthan. He was awarded Padma Shri for his outstanding work. He ...

, founder-director of the

Bharatiya Lok Kala Mandal Bharatiya Lok Kala Mandal is a cultural institution based in Udaipur in Rajasthan state in India engaged in studying folk art, culture, songs and festivals of Rajasthan, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh and to popularise and propagate folk arts, folk da ...

folk-theatre museum

People with the given name Samar (Sanskrit/ Hindi)

Samar Banerjee Samar "Badru" Banerjee ( bn, সমর "বদ্রু" ব্যানার্জী; 30 January 1930 – 20 August 2022) was an Indian footballer who played primarily as a striker for the India national football team. He captained India at ...

, Indian footballer, popularly known as Badru *

Samar Das Samar Das ( bn, সমর দাস) (10 December 1925 – 25 September 2001) was a Bangladeshi musician and composer. He became one of the most important music directors in Pakistan and subsequently Bangladesh and was the composer of over 2 ...

, Bangladeshi musician and composer *

Samar Guha Samar Guha ( bn, সমর গুহ) was a noted Indian politician, and an Indian independence movement activist. He was a close associate of Subhas Chandra Bose. He was also a well known academician, whose textbooks on chemistry are still wide ...

, Indian politician and

Indian independence movement The Indian independence movement was a series of historic events with the ultimate aim of ending British Raj, British rule in India. It lasted from 1857 to 1947. The first nationalistic revolutionary movement for Indian independence emerged ...

activist *

Samar Halarnkar Samar Halarnkar was editor of IndiaSpend.com. He also contributes to ''Mint (newspaper), Mint'', the business newspaper from ''Hindustan Times'' group, and is a columnist and editor of ''Article 14''. Early life Samar Halarnkar was born in nor ...

, editor-at-large of

Hindustan Times ''Hindustan Times'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper based in Delhi. It is the flagship publication of HT Media, an entity controlled by the KK Birla family, and is owned by Shobhana Bhartia. It was founded by Sunder Singh Ly ...

Samar Sen Samar Sen ( bn, সমর সেন; 10 October 1916 – 23 August 1987) was a prominent Indian Bengali poet and journalist in the post-Independence era. Education Samar Sen was a graduate of the Scottish Church College, at the University of C ...

(1916–1987), Indian poet and fingerstyle singer-songwriter

People with the given name and surname Samar (Arabic)

Samar Andeel ''Super Star'' ( ar, سوبر ستار) was an Arabic television show based on the popular British show ''Pop Idol'' created by Simon Fuller's 19 Entertainment & developed by Fremantle Media. The show unites the Arab community by democratically ...

(b. 1987), a female singer from Egypt *

Samar Kokash Samar Kokash ( ar, سَمر كُوكشَ; born August 26, 1972) is a Syrian actress. Biography Kokash graduated from the Higher Institute of Theatrical Arts in Syria in 1995, participated in many of the works in the theater, radio and television ...

(b. 1972), Syrian actress and voice actress *

Samar Minallah Samar Minallah ( ur, ALA-LC: ) is a documentary filmmaker, and human rights activist from Pakistan. Career Samar Minallah was born in Haripur District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, in Pakistan. As a filmmaker she has created projects targ ...

, Pakistani human right activist *

Samar Mubarakmand Dr. Samar Mubarakmand (Urdu: ; b. 17 September 1942; ), is a Pakistani nuclear physicist known for his research in gamma spectroscopy and experimental development of the linear accelerator. He came to public attention as the director of the t ...

(b. 1942), Pakistani nuclear physicist *

Sima Samar Sima Samar ( fa, سیما سمر; born 3 February 1957) is an Afghan woman and human rights advocate, activist and social worker within national and international forums, who served as Minister of Women's Affairs of Afghanistan from December ...

(b. 1957), Afghan human rights activist

Places

Samar Samar ( ) is the third-largest and seventh-most populous island in the Philippines, with a total population of 1,909,537 as of the 2020 census. It is located in the eastern Visayas, which are in the central Philippines. The island is divided in ...

, an island in the Philippine Archipelago

References

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