نبراس

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Arabic

Etymology

From Aramaic נֶבְרַשְׁתָּא (neḇraštā). Cognate to Classical Syriac ܢܘܒܪܫܐ (nūḇrāšā), ultimately from Akkadian 𒈾𒀊𒇺 (/⁠nabliš⁠/, like a flame, like a light or flash) with a likely Iranian intermediary explaining the conflation of /l/ and /r/.

Pronunciation

Noun

نِبْرَاس (nibrāsm (plural نَبَارِيس (nabārīs))

  1. lamp, lantern, luminary
    Synonyms: سِرَاج (sirāj), مِصْبَاح (miṣbāḥ), فَانُوس (fānūs), بَابُور (bābūr)
  2. beacon
    Synonyms: فَنَار (fanār), مَنَارَة (manāra)

Declension

References

  • nbršh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1880) De vocabulis in antiquis Arabum carminibus et in Corano peregrinis (in Latin), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 7
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 95–96
  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “نبراس”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 231
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “نبراس”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1243