منشور

Arabic

Root
ن ش ر (n š r)
9 terms

Etymology

Derived from the passive participle of the verb نَشَرَ (našara).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /man.ʃuːr/
• Rhymes: -uːr

Adjective

مَنْشُور • (manšūr) (feminine مَنْشُورَة (manšūra), masculine plural مَنْشُورُونَ (manšūrūna), feminine plural مَنْشُورَات (manšūrāt))

1. passive participle of نَشَرَ (našara)
   1. published, issued, announced
      1. (Internet) posted (on facebook, etc)
   2. sawn

Declension

Declension of adjective مَنْشُور (manšūr)

singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مَنْشُور manšūr	الْمَنْشُور al-manšūr	مَنْشُورَة manšūra	الْمَنْشُورَة al-manšūra
nominative	مَنْشُورٌ manšūrun	الْمَنْشُورُ al-manšūru	مَنْشُورَةٌ manšūratun	الْمَنْشُورَةُ al-manšūratu
accusative	مَنْشُورًا manšūran	الْمَنْشُورَ al-manšūra	مَنْشُورَةً manšūratan	الْمَنْشُورَةَ al-manšūrata
genitive	مَنْشُورٍ manšūrin	الْمَنْشُورِ al-manšūri	مَنْشُورَةٍ manšūratin	الْمَنْشُورَةِ al-manšūrati
dual	masculine		feminine
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مَنْشُورَيْن manšūrayn	الْمَنْشُورَيْن al-manšūrayn	مَنْشُورَتَيْن manšūratayn	الْمَنْشُورَتَيْن al-manšūratayn
nominative	مَنْشُورَانِ manšūrāni	الْمَنْشُورَانِ al-manšūrāni	مَنْشُورَتَانِ manšūratāni	الْمَنْشُورَتَانِ al-manšūratāni
accusative	مَنْشُورَيْنِ manšūrayni	الْمَنْشُورَيْنِ al-manšūrayni	مَنْشُورَتَيْنِ manšūratayni	الْمَنْشُورَتَيْنِ al-manšūratayni
genitive	مَنْشُورَيْنِ manšūrayni	الْمَنْشُورَيْنِ al-manšūrayni	مَنْشُورَتَيْنِ manšūratayni	الْمَنْشُورَتَيْنِ al-manšūratayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مَنْشُورِين manšūrīn	الْمَنْشُورِين al-manšūrīn	مَنْشُورَات manšūrāt	الْمَنْشُورَات al-manšūrāt
nominative	مَنْشُورُونَ manšūrūna	الْمَنْشُورُونَ al-manšūrūna	مَنْشُورَاتٌ manšūrātun	الْمَنْشُورَاتُ al-manšūrātu
accusative	مَنْشُورِينَ manšūrīna	الْمَنْشُورِينَ al-manšūrīna	مَنْشُورَاتٍ manšūrātin	الْمَنْشُورَاتِ al-manšūrāti
genitive	مَنْشُورِينَ manšūrīna	الْمَنْشُورِينَ al-manšūrīna	مَنْشُورَاتٍ manšūrātin	الْمَنْشُورَاتِ al-manšūrāti

Noun

مَنْشُور • (manšūr) m (plural مَنَاشِير (manāšīr) or مَنْشُورَات (manšūrāt))

1. publication, pamphlet, charter
2. (politics) manifesto
3. (geometry) prism
4. (Internet) a post (on facebook, etc)

Declension

Declension of noun مَنْشُور (manšūr)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَنْشُور manšūr	الْمَنْشُور al-manšūr	مَنْشُور manšūr
nominative	مَنْشُورٌ manšūrun	الْمَنْشُورُ al-manšūru	مَنْشُورُ manšūru
accusative	مَنْشُورًا manšūran	الْمَنْشُورَ al-manšūra	مَنْشُورَ manšūra
genitive	مَنْشُورٍ manšūrin	الْمَنْشُورِ al-manšūri	مَنْشُورِ manšūri
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَنْشُورَيْن manšūrayn	الْمَنْشُورَيْن al-manšūrayn	مَنْشُورَيْ manšūray
nominative	مَنْشُورَانِ manšūrāni	الْمَنْشُورَانِ al-manšūrāni	مَنْشُورَا manšūrā
accusative	مَنْشُورَيْنِ manšūrayni	الْمَنْشُورَيْنِ al-manšūrayni	مَنْشُورَيْ manšūray
genitive	مَنْشُورَيْنِ manšūrayni	الْمَنْشُورَيْنِ al-manšūrayni	مَنْشُورَيْ manšūray
plural	basic broken plural diptote‎; sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَنَاشِير‎; مَنْشُورَات manāšīr‎; manšūrāt	الْمَنَاشِير‎; الْمَنْشُورَات al-manāšīr‎; al-manšūrāt	مَنَاشِير‎; مَنْشُورَات manāšīr‎; manšūrāt
nominative	مَنَاشِيرُ‎; مَنْشُورَاتٌ manāšīru‎; manšūrātun	الْمَنَاشِيرُ‎; الْمَنْشُورَاتُ al-manāšīru‎; al-manšūrātu	مَنَاشِيرُ‎; مَنْشُورَاتُ manāšīru‎; manšūrātu
accusative	مَنَاشِيرَ‎; مَنْشُورَاتٍ manāšīra‎; manšūrātin	الْمَنَاشِيرَ‎; الْمَنْشُورَاتِ al-manāšīra‎; al-manšūrāti	مَنَاشِيرَ‎; مَنْشُورَاتِ manāšīra‎; manšūrāti
genitive	مَنَاشِيرَ‎; مَنْشُورَاتٍ manāšīra‎; manšūrātin	الْمَنَاشِيرِ‎; الْمَنْشُورَاتِ al-manāšīri‎; al-manšūrāti	مَنَاشِيرِ‎; مَنْشُورَاتِ manāšīri‎; manšūrāti

Descendants

• → Middle Armenian: մանշուր (manšur)
• → Azerbaijani: mənşur
• → Ottoman Turkish: منشور (menşûr)
  • Turkish: menşur
• → Classical Persian: مَنْشُور (manšūr)
  • → Urdu: مَنْشُور (manśūr)
• → Uzbek: manshur

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَنْشُور (manšūr).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [man.ˈʃuːɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [män.ʃúːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [män.ʃúːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [män.ʃúːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [män.ʃúɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæn.ʃúːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [män.ʃúɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	manšūr
Dari reading?	manšūr
Iranian reading?	manšur
Tajik reading?	manšur

Noun

منشور • (manšur)

1. prism
2. charter
3. (historical) royal writ of appointment or charter
   • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 219:

     مده پند من از عشق بتان ناصح چون ممکن نیست
     که تا ندهند با من عاشقان منشور بنشینم

     madih pand-i man az išq-i butān nāsih čūn mumkin nēst
     ki tā na-dihand bā man āšiqān manšūr binšīnam

     Councillor! Do not advise me about the love for beauties, for it is not possible
     For me to sit down until the lovers give me their royal writ.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “منشور”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مَنْشُور (manšūr), from Arabic مَنْشُور (manšūr). First attested in c. 1684 as Middle Hindi منشور (mnśvr⁩ /⁠manśūr⁠/).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mən.ʃuːɾ/
• Rhymes: -uːɾ
• Hyphenation: مَنْ‧شُور

Noun

مَنْشُور • (manśūr) m (Hindi spelling मंशूर)

1. (politics) a manifesto
2. diploma; patent
3. constitution; regulation; law
4. (historical) proclamation; charter; royal ordinance
5. (geometry) a prism

Declension

Declension of منشور

	singular	plural
direct	مَنْشُور (manśūr)	مَنْشُور (manśūr)
oblique	مَنْشُور (manśūr)	مَنْشُوروں (manśūrõ)
vocative	مَنْشُور (manśūr)	مَنْشُورو (manśūro)

Adjective

مَنْشُور • (manśūr) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling मंशूर)

1. divulged; published (ie. as a book)
2. dispersed; scattered
3. diffused

Further reading

• “منشور”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “منشور”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]