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النور

Etymology 1 edit

From the root ن و ر (n-w-r). The “light” noun is inherited from Proto-Semitic *nūr-.

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Verb edit

نَوَّرَ (nawwara) II, non-past يُنَوِّرُ‎ (yunawwiru)

  1. to flower, to blossom
  2. to light, to radiate, to illuminate
  3. to shed light
  4. to enlighten
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نَوْر (nawrm (collective, singulative نَوْرَة f (nawra), plural أَنْوَار (ʔanwār))

  1. blossoms, blooms
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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
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Descendants edit
  • Avar: нур (nur)
  • Bashkir: нур (nur)
  • Bengali: নূর (nur)
  • Ottoman Turkish: نور
  • Persian: نور (nur)
  • Swahili: nuru
  • Uyghur: نۇر (nur)
  • Uzbek: nur

Proper noun edit

نُور (nūrm

  1. a male given name: Noor
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نُور (nūrf

  1. a female given name: Noor
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نَوَر (nawarm (collective, singulative نَوَرِيّ m (nawariyy))

  1. Nawar, one of the tribes of Doms in Egypt
  2. Gypsies
  3. tramps, vagabonds
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نُورِ (nūri) (form IV)

  1. first-person plural non-past active jussive of أَوْرَى (ʔawrā)

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نُورَ (nūra) (form IV)

  1. first-person plural non-past passive jussive of أَوْرَى (ʔawrā)

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نور (nōrm (Devanagari नोर)

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

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Etymology edit

From Arabic نُور (nūr).

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Readings
Classical reading? nūr
Dari reading? nūr
Iranian reading? nur
Tajik reading? nur
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Noun edit

Dari نور
Iranian Persian
Tajik нур

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

  1. light

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Dari نور
Iranian Persian
Tajik Нур

نور (nur)

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

South Levantine Arabic edit

Root
ن و ر
1 term

Etymology edit

From Arabic نُور (nūr).

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Noun edit

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 edit

Etymology edit

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

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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 edit

Declension of نور
singular plural
direct نُور (nūr) نُور (nūr)
oblique نُور (nūr) نُوروں (nūrō̃)
vocative نُور (nūr) نُورو (nūrō)

Proper noun edit

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

  1. a unisex given name, Noor, from Arabic

Further reading edit

  • نور”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • نور”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “نور”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John Thompson (1884), “نور”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., →ISBN, →OCLC
  • 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