намера

Deverbal of наме́ря (namérja, “to figure out”). By surface analysis, на- (na-) +‎ ме́ра (méra).

• IPA^(key): [nɐˈmɛrɐ]

наме́ра • (naméra) f (dialectal)

1. find (something found or figured out)

   няма намера ― njama namera ― to be unfoundable (literally, “there is no finding”)

2. (figurative) fate, outcome due to chance

   Да ти се не види намерата!

   Da ti se ne vidi namerata!

   Damn this luck!

   (literally, “Let this fate not be seen!”)

• намя́ра (namjára) — in Eastern dialects

• намере́ние (namerénie, “intention”)

• “намера”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “наме́ра”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 188
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “намеря, намирам”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 484

• IPA^(key): [ˈnamɛɾa]

намера • (namera) f (relational adjective намерен)

1. intention

• на̑мјера (Ijekavian)
• намљера (regional Ijekavian)

From на- +‎ мјера.

• IPA^(key): /nâːmera/
• Hyphenation: на‧ме‧ра

на̑мера f (Latin spelling nȃmera)

1. intent, intention

   имати нам(ј)еру ― to intend

   писмо нам(ј)ере ― letter of intend

   то ми није била нам(ј)ера ― that was not my intention

   имам само поштене нам(ј)ере ― I have nothing but the best intentions

   с нам(ј)ером да ― in order to

   с којом нам(ј)ером? ― with what intention?

• “намера”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
• “намера”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 3, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1967–1976, published 1990, page 571