منار

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Etymology

Noun of place from the root ن و ر (n-w-r) of نُور (nūr, “light, fire”). Cognate with Aramaic מְנָרְתָא (mənārəṯā), Hebrew מְנוֹרָה (mənōrā). Maybe there is a contamination with Ancient Greek μιλιάριον (miliárion, “miles indicator”) as the word means landmark.

Pronunciation

Noun

مَنَار • (manār) m (plural مَنَاوِر (manāwir) or مَنَائِر (manāʔir))

  1. waymark, landmark
    • p. 700, a forger of Imruʾ al-Qays, سما لكَ شوقٌ بعدما كان أقصر :
      وَإِنِّي زَعِيمٌ (var. أَذِينٌ) إِنْ رَجِعْتُ مُمَلَّكٌ / بِسَيْرٍ تَرَى مِنْهُ الفُرَانِقَ أَزْوَرَا
      عَلَى لَاحِبٍ لَا يَهْتَدِي بِمَنَارِهِ / إِذَا سَافَهُ الْعَوْدُ النُّبَاطِيُّ (var. دِيَافِيُّ) جَرْجَرَا
      عَلَى كُلِّ مَقْصُوصِ الذُنَابَى مُعَاوِدٍ / بَرِيدَ السَرَى بِاللَيْلِ مِن خَيْلِ بَرْبَرَا
      wa-ʔinnī zaʕīmun (var. ʔaḏīnun) ʔin rajiʕtu mumallakun / bi-sayrin tarā minhu l-furāniqa ʔazwarā
      ʕalā lāḥibin lā yahtadī bi-manāri-hī / ʔiḏā sāfa-hū l-ʕawdu n-nubāṭiyyu (var. diyāfiyyu) jarjarā
      ʕalā kulli maqṣūṣi ḏ-ḏunābā muʕāwidin / barīda s-sarā bi-l-layli min ḵayli barbarā
      And when I am the leader, back in the kingly rights, I trip so fast that you but see asquint the courier
      on an open road guided by no waymark, when it is smelled by the Nabataean camel dragging forward
      on every clipped bird-tail returning nocturnal journey’s mail by night from a horse that whinnied.
  2. lighthouse
  3. beacon
  4. (Islam) minaret

Declension

Declension of noun مَنَار (manār)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal مَنَار
manār 		الْمَنَار
al-manār 		مَنَار
manār
Nominative مَنَارٌ
manārun 		الْمَنَارُ
al-manāru 		مَنَارُ
manāru
Accusative مَنَارًا
manāran 		الْمَنَارَ
al-manāra 		مَنَارَ
manāra
Genitive مَنَارٍ
manārin 		الْمَنَارِ
al-manāri 		مَنَارِ
manāri
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal مَنَارَيْن
manārayn 		الْمَنَارَيْن
al-manārayn 		مَنَارَيْ
manāray
Nominative مَنَارَانِ
manārāni 		الْمَنَارَانِ
al-manārāni 		مَنَارَا
manārā
Accusative مَنَارَيْنِ
manārayni 		الْمَنَارَيْنِ
al-manārayni 		مَنَارَيْ
manāray
Genitive مَنَارَيْنِ
manārayni 		الْمَنَارَيْنِ
al-manārayni 		مَنَارَيْ
manāray
Plural basic broken plural diptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal مَنَاوِر‎; مَنَائِر
manāwir‎; manāʔir 		الْمَنَاوِر‎; الْمَنَائِر
al-manāwir‎; al-manāʔir 		مَنَاوِر‎; مَنَائِر
manāwir‎; manāʔir
Nominative مَنَاوِرُ‎; مَنَائِرُ
manāwiru‎; manāʔiru 		الْمَنَاوِرُ‎; الْمَنَائِرُ
al-manāwiru‎; al-manāʔiru 		مَنَاوِرُ‎; مَنَائِرُ
manāwiru‎; manāʔiru
Accusative مَنَاوِرَ‎; مَنَائِرَ
manāwira‎; manāʔira 		الْمَنَاوِرَ‎; الْمَنَائِرَ
al-manāwira‎; al-manāʔira 		مَنَاوِرَ‎; مَنَائِرَ
manāwira‎; manāʔira
Genitive مَنَاوِرَ‎; مَنَائِرَ
manāwira‎; manāʔira 		الْمَنَاوِرِ‎; الْمَنَائِرِ
al-manāwiri‎; al-manāʔiri 		مَنَاوِرِ‎; مَنَائِرِ
manāwiri‎; manāʔiri

Synonyms

Descendants

  • → Uyghur: مۇنار (munar)

References

  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 270–271
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 283
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1880) De vocabulis in antiquis Arabum carminibus et in Corano peregrinis‎ (in Latin), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 18
  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “منار”, 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 351
  • Müller, David Heinrich (1887) “Arabisch-aramäische Glossen”, in Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes‎ (in German), volume 1, page 30
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “نور”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “منار”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎ (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1327
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