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)

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