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Arabic
Noun
נור • (transliteration needed) m
- Judeo-Arabic spelling of نُور (nūr, “light”)
c. 10th century, Saadia Gaon, Tafsir, Genesis 1:3:ושא אללה אן יכון נור פכאן נור׃- wašāʔa llāhu ʔan yakūna nūrun fakāna nūrun.
- And God willed there to be light, and then there was light.
Hebrew
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *nūr-, via Aramaic נוּר (“fire”). Cognate with Arabic نُور (nūr, “light”) and نَار (nār, “fire”).
Noun
נוּר • (nur) m (plural indefinite נורים, singular construct נור־)
- shining fire
- Synonym: אֵשׁ (ésh)
- light
- Synonym: אוֹר (ór)
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