نهار

See also: نهاز

Algerian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic نَهَار (nahār).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nhaːr/

Noun

نهار (nhār) m (plural نهارات (nhārāt))

1. day, daytime

   Antonym: ليل (līl)

Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na.haːr/

Noun

نَهَار • (nahār) m (plural أَنْهِرَة (ʔanhira))

1. (uncountable) daytime, day

   Antonym: لَيْل (layl)

2. (countable, obsolete) chick of a bustard (حُبَارَى (ḥubārā)), curlew (كَرَوَان (karawān)), sandgrouse (قَطًا (qaṭan)) and/or owl (بُوم (būm))
3. (countable, obsolete) cock of a bustard or owl

Declension

Declension of noun نَهَار (nahār)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَهَار nahār	النَّهَار an-nahār	نَهَار nahār
Nominative	نَهَارٌ nahārun	النَّهَارُ an-nahāru	نَهَارُ nahāru
Accusative	نَهَارًا nahāran	النَّهَارَ an-nahāra	نَهَارَ nahāra
Genitive	نَهَارٍ nahārin	النَّهَارِ an-nahāri	نَهَارِ nahāri
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَهَارَيْن nahārayn	النَّهَارَيْن an-nahārayn	نَهَارَيْ nahāray
Nominative	نَهَارَانِ nahārāni	النَّهَارَانِ an-nahārāni	نَهَارَا nahārā
Accusative	نَهَارَيْنِ nahārayni	النَّهَارَيْنِ an-nahārayni	نَهَارَيْ nahāray
Genitive	نَهَارَيْنِ nahārayni	النَّهَارَيْنِ an-nahārayni	نَهَارَيْ nahāray
Plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَنْهِرَة ʔanhira	الْأَنْهِرَة al-ʔanhira	أَنْهِرَة ʔanhirat
Nominative	أَنْهِرَةٌ ʔanhiratun	الْأَنْهِرَةُ al-ʔanhiratu	أَنْهِرَةُ ʔanhiratu
Accusative	أَنْهِرَةً ʔanhiratan	الْأَنْهِرَةَ al-ʔanhirata	أَنْهِرَةَ ʔanhirata
Genitive	أَنْهِرَةٍ ʔanhiratin	الْأَنْهِرَةِ al-ʔanhirati	أَنْهِرَةِ ʔanhirati

Derived terms

• لَيْلَ نَهَارَ (layla nahāra)

Descendants

• Maltese: nhar
• → Azerbaijani: nəhar
• → Persian: نهار
• → Tarifit: nnhar
• → Uzbek: nahor

See also

• يَوْم (yawm)
• لَيْلَة (layla)

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic نَهَار (nahār).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nhaːr/

• Audio

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Noun

نهار • (nhār) m (plural نهارات (nhārāt) or نهاريات (nhāriyyāt))

1. daytime

   Antonym: ليل (layl, līl)

2. day

   Synonym: يوم (yūm)

Derived terms

• ليل ونهار (layl u nhār, līl u nhar, “all day long”)

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [na.ˈhɑːɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nä.ɦɑ́ːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nä.ɦɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [nɑːɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [nɔːɔ́ːɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [næ.ɦɒ́ːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [nä.ɦɔ́ɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	nahār
Dari reading?	nahār
Iranian reading?	nahâr
Tajik reading?	nahor

Etymology 1

See the main entry. Perhaps the same as Etymology 2.

Noun

نهار • (nahâr)

1. Alternative form of ناهار (nâhâr, “lunch”).

Adjective

نهار • (nahâr)

1. Alternative form of ناهار (nâhâr, “not having eaten after waking up”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic نَهَار (nahār).

Noun

نهار • (nahâr)

1. (literary) daytime

South Levantine Arabic

القدس في النهار ― Jerusalem during the day

Etymology

From Arabic نَهَار (nahār).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nhaːr/, [nhɑːr]

• Audio (Amman)

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Noun

نهار • (nhār) m (plural نهارات (nhārāt))

1. day, daytime

   Antonym: ليل (lēl)

See also

• (times of day) أوقات اليوم (ʔawʔāt il-yōm); نهار (nhār, “daytime”), فجر (fajr, “dawn”), صبحية (ṣabaḥiyye, “early morning”), صبح (ṣubḥ, “morning”), ضهر (ḍuhr, “noon”), عصر (ʕaṣr, “late afternoon”), مغرب (maḡreb, “sunset”), مسا (masa, “evening”), ليل (lēl, “nighttime”) ^{(Category: ajp:Times of day)}