نور

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Arabic

Root
ن و ر (n w r)
15 terms
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النور

Etymology 1

The “light” noun is inherited from Proto-Semitic *nūr-.

Pronunciation

Verb

نَوَّرَ (nawwara) II (non-past يُنَوِّرُ (yunawwiru), verbal noun تَنْوِير (tanwīr))

  1. to flower, to blossom
  2. to light, to radiate, to illuminate
  3. to shed light
  4. to enlighten
Conjugation

Noun

نَوْر (nawrm (collective, singulative نَوْرَة f (nawra), plural أَنْوَار (ʔanwār))

  1. blossoms, blooms
Declension

Noun

نُور (nūrm (plural أَنْوَار (ʔanwār))

  1. light, ray of light, light beam
    الْقَمَرُ يُضِيء اللَّيْلَ بِنُوْرِهِ السَّاحِر.
    al-qamaru yuḍīʔ al-layla binuwrihi s-sāḥir.
    The moon illuminates the night with its enchanting light.
  2. brightness, gleam, glow
  3. illumination
  4. lamp, light, lantern
  5. headlight
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Avar: нур (nur)
  • Azerbaijani: nur
  • Bashkir: нур (nur)
  • Bengali: নূর (nur)
  • Malay: nur
  • Ottoman Turkish: نور (nur)
    • Turkish: nur
    • Albanian: nur
    • Romanian: nur
  • Persian: نور (nur)
  • Tabasaran: нур (nur)
  • Swahili: nuru
  • Uyghur: نۇر (nur)
  • Uzbek: nur

Proper noun

نُور (nūrm or f

  1. a unisex given name, Noor
Declension

(male)

(female)

Descendants

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Noun

نَوَر (nawarm (collective, singulative نَوَرِيّ m (nawariyy))

  1. Nawar, one of the tribes of Doms in Egypt
  2. Gypsies
  3. tramps, vagabonds
Declension

Etymology 3

Verb

نور (form IV)

  1. نُورِ (nūri) /nuː.ri/: first-person plural non-past active jussive of أَوْرَى (ʔawrā)
  2. نُورَ (nūra) /nuː.ra/: first-person plural non-past passive jussive of أَوْرَى (ʔawrā)

Kashmiri

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

نور (nōrm (Devanagari नोर)

  1. tube, pipe, conduit
  2. a large tubular intestine

Malay

Noun

نور (plural نور-نور or نور۲, informal 1st possessive نورکو, 2nd possessive نورمو, 3rd possessive نورڽ)

  1. Jawi spelling of nur

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نُور (nūr, light, ray of light), from Proto-Semitic *nūr- (light).

Noun

نور (nur) (definite accusative نوری (nuru), plural انوار (envâr) or نیران (nirân))

  1. light, the electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye
    Synonyms: آیدین (aydın), ایشق (ışık)
  2. light, any source of illumination, such as a candle, lightbulb, torch, lamp, streetlight, etc.
    Synonyms: آیدین (aydın), ایشق (ışık), چراغ (çerağ, çirağ), سراج (sirac)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Turkish: nur
  • Albanian: nur
  • Romanian: nur

Further reading

Pashto

Pronunciation

Noun

نوَر (nwarm

  1. Alternative form of لمر

Declension

Persian

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Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نُور (nūr).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? nūr
Dari reading? nūr
Iranian reading? nur
Tajik reading? nur
  • Audio (Iran):(file)

Noun

Dari نور
Iranian Persian
Tajik нур

نور (nur) (plural انوار (anvâr) or نورها (nur-hâ))

  1. light

Derived terms

Proper noun

Dari نور
Iranian Persian
Tajik Нур

نور (nur)

  1. a female given name, Noor, Nur, or Nour, from Arabic.

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ن و ر
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic نُور (nūr).

Pronunciation

Noun

نور (nūrm (plural أنوار (ʔanwār))

  1. (formal) light (mainly used in greeting)
    Synonym: ضوّ (ḍaww)
    صباح النورṣabāḥ in-nūrgood morning (literally, “morning of the light”)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نُور (nūr), from Arabic نُور (nūr). Compare Bengali নূর (nur).

Pronunciation

Noun

نُور (nūrm (Hindi spelling नूर) (uncountable)

  1. light, illumination
  2. splendour
  3. (religion) divine light
    1. (figuratively) a spiritual leader
  4. (Qur'an) name of a chapter.

Declension

    Declension of نور
singular plural
direct نُور (nūr) نُور (nūr)
oblique نُور (nūr) نُوروں (nūrõ)
vocative نُور (nūr) نُورو (nūro)

Proper noun

نور (nūrm or f by sense (Hindi spelling नूर)

  1. a unisex given name, Noor, from Arabic

Further reading

  • نور”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • نور”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “نور”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “نور”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • S. W. Fallon (1879) “نور”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
  • John Shakespear (1834) “نور”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC