منارة

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Etymology

Noun of place from the root ن و ر (n-w-r), relating to "light" and "fire". Cognate with Aramaic מְנָרְתָא (mənārəṯā), Hebrew מְנוֹרָה (mənōrā), Ugaritic 𐎎𐎐𐎗𐎚 (mnrt). Maybe there is a contamination with Ancient Greek μιλιάριον (miliárion, miles indicator) if the word means landmark.

Pronunciation

Noun

مَنَارَة (manāraf (plural مَنَارَات (manārāt) or مَنَاوِر (manāwir))

  1. lighthouse
    Synonym: فَنَار (fanār)
  2. beacon
  3. a thing which a lamp is put upon
  4. (Islam) minaret
    Synonyms: مِئْذَنَة (miʔḏana), صَوْمَعَة (ṣawmaʕa)
  5. (Judaism) menorah

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Descendants

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) “منارة”, 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) “منارة”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1327