نورانی

See also: نوراني

Persian

Etymology

Analyzable as نور (nur) +‎ ـانی (-âni); compare خوبانی (xubâni). Possibly borrowed from, modeled after, or influenced by Arabic نُورَانِيّ (nūrāniyy).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [nuː.ɾɑː.ˈniː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nuː.ɾɑː.níː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nuː.ɾɑː.níː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [nuː.ɾɑː.níː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [nu.ɾɔː.ní]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [nuː.ɹɒː.níː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [nu.ɾɔ.ní]

Readings
Classical reading?	nūrānī
Dari reading?	nūrānī
Iranian reading?	nurâni
Tajik reading?	nuronī

Adjective

Dari	نورانی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	нуронӣ

نورانی • (nurâni)

1. luminous, lighting, glittering

   در شب، نورانی است. ― dar šab, nurâni ast. ― At night, it shines.

   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume III, verse 2557:

     عقل نورانی و نیکو طالبست، نفس ظلمانی برو چون غالبست

     'aql nurâni o niku tâleb-ast, nafs-e zolmâni bar u čon ğâleb-ast

     The intellect is luminous and a seeker of good: how [then] does the dark fleshly soul prevail over it?

Noun

Dari	نورانی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	нуронӣ

نورانی • (nurâni)

1. holy aspect (clarification of this definition is needed)