фонарь

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Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic فونار
Cyrillic фонарь
Latin fonar
Yañalif fonarь

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian фона́рь (fonárʹ), from Byzantine Greek φανάριον (phanárion, lamp, torch).

Noun

фонарь (fonar)

  1. lantern, streetlight

Synonyms

Russian

 фонарь on Russian Wikipedia
Уличные фонари
Ручной фонарь
Фонарь кабины истребителя

Etymology

Borrowed from Byzantine Greek φανάριον (phanárion, lamp, torch). Suffix influenced by -а́рь (-árʹ). Compare Modern Greek φανάρι (fanári).

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Noun

фона́рь (fonárʹm inan (genitive фонаря́, nominative plural фонари́, genitive plural фонаре́й, relational adjective фона́рный, diminutive фона́рик)

  1. lantern, streetlight, streetlamp
  2. electric torch, pocket lamp, flashlight
  3. taillight, taillamp
  4. (colloquial) shiner, black eye
    Synonym: финга́л (fingál)
  5. (aviation) canopy

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Further reading

  • фонарь in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru