أنور

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ن و ر (n w r)
15 terms

Elative of نَيِّر (nayyir, “bright, shining, luminous”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔan.war/

Noun

أَنْوَر • (ʔanwar)

1. elative degree of نَيِّر (nayyir):
   1. brighter, more shining, more luminous; brightest, most shining, most luminous

Declension

Declension of adjective أَنْوَر (ʔanwar)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular diptote		singular unknown
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَنْوَر ʔanwar	الْأَنْوَر al-ʔanwar	? ?	? ?
Nominative	أَنْوَرُ ʔanwaru	الْأَنْوَرُ al-ʔanwaru	? ?	? ?
Accusative	أَنْوَرَ ʔanwara	الْأَنْوَرَ al-ʔanwara	? ?	? ?
Genitive	أَنْوَرَ ʔanwara	الْأَنْوَرِ al-ʔanwari	? ?	? ?
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَنْوَرَيْن ʔanwarayn	الْأَنْوَرَيْن al-ʔanwarayn	? ?	? ?
Nominative	أَنْوَرَانِ ʔanwarāni	الْأَنْوَرَانِ al-ʔanwarāni	? ?	? ?
Accusative	أَنْوَرَيْنِ ʔanwarayni	الْأَنْوَرَيْنِ al-ʔanwarayni	? ?	? ?
Genitive	أَنْوَرَيْنِ ʔanwarayni	الْأَنْوَرَيْنِ al-ʔanwarayni	? ?	? ?
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	plural unknown		plural unknown
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	? ?	? ?	? ?	? ?
Nominative	? ?	? ?	? ?	? ?
Accusative	? ?	? ?	? ?	? ?
Genitive	? ?	? ?	? ?	? ?

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “نور”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “أنور”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen

Proper noun

أَنْوَر • (ʔanwar) m

1. a male given name, Anwar

Declension

Declension of noun أَنْوَر (ʔanwar)

Singular	basic singular diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	أَنْوَر ʔanwar	—
Nominative	—	أَنْوَرُ ʔanwaru	—
Accusative	—	أَنْوَرَ ʔanwara	—
Genitive	—	أَنْوَرَ ʔanwara	—

Related terms

• أَنْوَار (ʔanwār)
• نُور (nūr)
• مُنَوَّر (munawwar)

Descendants

• Albanian: Enver
• Bashkir: Әнүәр (Ənwər), Менәүрә (Menəwrə)
• English: Anwar
• → Chinese: → 安瓦爾／安瓦尔 (Ānwǎ'ěr) (transliteration)
• Ottoman Turkish: انور
  • Turkish: Enver
• Uzbek: Anvar

Etymology 2

Verb

أنور (form II)

1. أُنَوِّرُ (ʔunawwiru) /ʔu.naw.wi.ru/: first-person singular non-past active indicative of نَوَّرَ (nawwara)
2. أُنَوَّرُ (ʔunawwaru) /ʔu.naw.wa.ru/: first-person singular non-past passive indicative of نَوَّرَ (nawwara)
3. أُنَوِّرَ (ʔunawwira) /ʔu.naw.wi.ra/: first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of نَوَّرَ (nawwara)
4. أُنَوَّرَ (ʔunawwara) /ʔu.naw.wa.ra/: first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive of نَوَّرَ (nawwara)
5. أُنَوِّرْ (ʔunawwir) /ʔu.naw.wir/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of نَوَّرَ (nawwara)
6. أُنَوَّرْ (ʔunawwar) /ʔu.naw.war/: first-person singular non-past passive jussive of نَوَّرَ (nawwara)