nuru

Finnish

Verb

nuru

1. inflection of nurkua:
   1. present active indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative
   3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

Japanese

Romanization

nuru

1. Rōmaji transcription of ぬる

Latin

Noun

nurū

1. ablative singular of nurus

Swahili

Other scripts
Ajami	نُرُ

Etymology

From Arabic نُور (nūr).

Pronunciation

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Noun

nuru (n class, plural nuru)

1. light

   Synonym: mwanga

   Antonym: giza

   • 18th century, Abdallah bin Ali bin Nasir, Al-Inkishafi‎^[1], stanza 9:

     كِطَّمْسِكِزَ گَوُجُهَّالِ ، نُرُ نَمِيَاغَ اِتَظَلَالِ

     Kiṭamsi-kiza cha-ujuhali, nuru na-mianga itaẓalali

     Brightness and lights will overcome the shadow and darkness of ignorance

Turkish

Noun

nuru

1. accusative singular of nur
2. third-person singular possessive of nur

Yine

Noun

nuru

1. my father

Usage notes

• The depossessed form of this word, created by removing the possessive affix and applying a depossessive one, is hir-chi (“father, someone's father”).

References

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