Possibly from Arabic العَمَارَة (al-ʕamāra, “fringe”). Compare Spanish alamar, Italian alamaro.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.ləˈma.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.laˈma.ɾa]

alamara f (plural alamares)

1. frog (fastener)

• “alamara”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007