عنصر

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Arabic

Root
ع ن ص ر (ʕ n ṣ r)
3 terms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕun.sˤur/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

عُنْصُر • (ʕunṣur) m (plural عَنَاصِر (ʕanāṣir))

  1. (also chemistry) element
  2. race
    Synonyms: (commoner) عِرْق (ʕirq), (ambiguous) جِنْس (jins)
  3. origin
  4. (chiefly in the plural) member(s) of a group, especially a criminal or militant one

Declension

Declension of noun عُنْصُر (ʕunṣur)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal عُنْصُر
ʕunṣur 		الْعُنْصُر
al-ʕunṣur 		عُنْصُر
ʕunṣur
Nominative عُنْصُرٌ
ʕunṣurun 		الْعُنْصُرُ
al-ʕunṣuru 		عُنْصُرُ
ʕunṣuru
Accusative عُنْصُرًا
ʕunṣuran 		الْعُنْصُرَ
al-ʕunṣura 		عُنْصُرَ
ʕunṣura
Genitive عُنْصُرٍ
ʕunṣurin 		الْعُنْصُرِ
al-ʕunṣuri 		عُنْصُرِ
ʕunṣuri
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal عُنْصُرَيْن
ʕunṣurayn 		الْعُنْصُرَيْن
al-ʕunṣurayn 		عُنْصُرَيْ
ʕunṣuray
Nominative عُنْصُرَانِ
ʕunṣurāni 		الْعُنْصُرَانِ
al-ʕunṣurāni 		عُنْصُرَا
ʕunṣurā
Accusative عُنْصُرَيْنِ
ʕunṣurayni 		الْعُنْصُرَيْنِ
al-ʕunṣurayni 		عُنْصُرَيْ
ʕunṣuray
Genitive عُنْصُرَيْنِ
ʕunṣurayni 		الْعُنْصُرَيْنِ
al-ʕunṣurayni 		عُنْصُرَيْ
ʕunṣuray
Plural basic broken plural diptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal عَنَاصِر
ʕanāṣir 		الْعَنَاصِر
al-ʕanāṣir 		عَنَاصِر
ʕanāṣir
Nominative عَنَاصِرُ
ʕanāṣiru 		الْعَنَاصِرُ
al-ʕanāṣiru 		عَنَاصِرُ
ʕanāṣiru
Accusative عَنَاصِرَ
ʕanāṣira 		الْعَنَاصِرَ
al-ʕanāṣira 		عَنَاصِرَ
ʕanāṣira
Genitive عَنَاصِرَ
ʕanāṣira 		الْعَنَاصِرِ
al-ʕanāṣiri 		عَنَاصِرِ
ʕanāṣiri

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Azerbaijani: ünsür
  • → Malay: unsur
    • > Indonesian: unsur (inherited)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: عنصر (ʿunsur)
    > Turkish: unsur (inherited)
  • → Persian: عنصر ('onsor).
  • → Uyghur: ئۇنسۇر (unsur)
  • → Uzbek: unsur

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “عنصر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 760

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عُنْصُر (ʕunṣur).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? unsur
Dari reading? unsur
Iranian reading? onsor
Tajik reading? unsur

Noun

عنصر • (onsor) (plural عناصر (anâser/anâsor))

  1. element

Further reading

Urdu

Urdu Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ur

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian عُنْصُر ('unsur), from Arabic عُنْصُر (ʕunṣur).

Pronunciation

Noun

عُنْصُر • (ʻunṣur) m (formal plural عَناصِر ('anāsir), Hindi spelling उनसुर)

  1. (chemistry) element, essence
  2. element, component, part

Declension

    Declension of عنصر
singular plural
direct عُنْصُر (ʻunṣur) عُنْصُر (ʻunṣur)
oblique عُنْصُر (ʻunṣur) عُنْصُروں (ʻunṣurõ)
vocative عُنْصُر (ʻunṣur) عُنْصُرو (ʻunṣuro)

Further reading

  • “عنصر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “عنصر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “عنصر”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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