نهر

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Arabic

Root
ن ه ر (n h r)
2 terms

Etymology 1

    Inherited from Proto-Semitic *nahar- (river).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /nahr/, /na.har/
    • Audio:(file)

    Noun

    نَهْر or نَهَر (nahr or naharm (plural أَنْهَار (ʔanhār) or أَنْهُر (ʔanhur) or نُهُر (nuhur) or نُهْر (nuhr) or نُهُور (nuhūr))

    1. river
    Declension
    Derived terms
    Descendants
    • South Levantine Arabic: نهر (nahr)
    • Azerbaijani: nəhr
    • Persian: نهر
    • Ottoman Turkish: نهر
    • Tajik: наҳр (nahr)
    • Uzbek: nahr
    via the plural form أَنْهَار (ʔanhār)

    Etymology 2

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    نَهَرَ (nahara) I (non-past يَنْهَرُ (yanharu), verbal noun نَهْر (nahr))

    1. to flow forth upon, to betide
    2. to yell at, to reprimand, to rebuff, to child
      لَا تَنْهَرْ وَالِدَيْكَ!
      lā tanhar wālidayka!
      Don't yell at your parents!
    Conjugation

    Etymology 3

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    نَهْر (nahrm

    1. verbal noun of نَهَرَ (nahara) (form I)
    Declension

    Ottoman Turkish

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Arabic نَهْر (nahr, river).

    Noun

    نهر (nehir) (plural انهار or نهر)

    1. river, a large stream which drains a land mass
      Synonym: ایرماق (ırmak)

    Derived terms

    • نهری (nehiri, pertaining to a river, fluviatile)

    Descendants

    Further reading

    Persian

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Arabic نَهْر (nahr).

    Pronunciation

    Readings
    Classical reading? nahr
    Dari reading? nahr
    Iranian reading? nahr
    Tajik reading? nahr

    Noun

    Dari نهر
    Iranian Persian
    Tajik наҳр

    نَهْر (nahr)

    1. brook; creek; stream
      کنار نهرkenâr-e nahrby the stream; streamside
      زیر درختان نهر جاری است.zir-e deraxtân nahr jâri ast.The stream flows under the trees.
    2. (rare) river
      Synonyms: رودخانه (rudxâne), رود (rud), دریا (daryâ)

    Descendants

    South Levantine Arabic

    Root
    ن ه ر
    1 term

    Etymology

    From Arabic نَهْر (nahr).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    نهر (nahrm (plural أنهر (ʔanhor) or أنهار (ʔanhār))

    1. river
      نهر الأردنnahr il-ʔurdonRiver Jordan
      Audio (Ramallah):(file)

    See also