Arabic edit

Root
ن ص ر (n-ṣ-r)

Etymology edit

Derived from the active participle of the verb نَصَرَ (naṣara).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

نَاصِر (nāṣir) (feminine نَاصِرَة (nāṣira), masculine plural نَاصِرُونَ (nāṣirūna), feminine plural نَاصِرَات (nāṣirāt))

  1. active participle of نَصَرَ (naṣara)

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Azerbaijani: nasir
  • Chagatai: ناصر
  • Ottoman Turkish: ناصر (nâsır)
  • Persian: ناصر (nâser)
  • Urdu: ناصر (nāsir)

Proper noun edit

نَاصِر (nāṣirm

  1. a male given name, Nasir or Nasser

Descendants edit

Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic نَاصِر (nāṣir).

Noun edit

ناصر (nâsır)

  1. one who helps, assists in attack or defence; an auxiliary or ally
  2. a feeding stream, a branch that runs into a main stream or valley

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Further reading edit

Urdu edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic نَاصِر (nāṣir).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ناصِر (nāsirm (Hindi spelling नासिर)

  1. defender, assistant, helper, deliverer, ally

Further reading edit

  • ناصر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “ناصر”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • ناصر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.