نار

See also: ناز and Appendix:Variations of "nar"

Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic ن و ر (n-w-r); from Proto-Semitic *nūr-. Cognate with Aramaic נוּר (“fire”), whence the derived Hebrew נוּר (nur, “shining fire”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naːr/

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Noun

نَار • (nār) f (dual نَارَانِ (nārāni), plural نِيرَان (nīrān))

1. fire
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 28:29:

     فَلَمَّا قَضَىٰ مُوسَى ٱلْأَجَلَ وَسَارَ بِأَهْلِهِۦۤ ءَانَسَ مِن جَانِبِ ٱلطُّورِ نَارࣰا قَالَ لِأَهْلِهِ ٱمْكُثُوۤا۟ إِنِّيۤ ءَانَسْتُ نَارࣰا لَّعَلِّيۤ ءَاتِيكُم مِّنْهَا بِخَبَرٍ أَوْ جَذْوَةࣲ مِّنَ ٱلنَّارِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَصْطَلُونَ

     fa-lammā qaḍā mūsā l-ʾajala wa-sāra bi-ʾahlihī ʾānasa min jānibi ṭ-ṭūri nāran qāla li-ʾahlihi mkuṯū ʾinnī ʾānastu nāran laʿallī ʾātīkum-minhā bixabarin ʾaw jaḏwatin mina n-nāri laʿallakum taṣṯalūna

     And when Moses had completed the term and was traveling with his family, he perceived from the direction of the mount a fire. He said to his family, "Stay here; indeed, I have perceived a fire. Perhaps I will bring you from there [some] information or burning wood from the fire that you may warm yourselves.

2. conflagration
   • النَّار (an-nār) — Hell
   • شَيْخ النَّار (šayḵ an-nār) — Lucifer
   • جَبَل النَّار (jabal an-nār) — volcano
3. gunfire

Declension

Declension of noun نَار (nār)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَار nār	النَّار an-nār	نَار nār
Nominative	نَارٌ nārun	النَّارُ an-nāru	نَارُ nāru
Accusative	نَارًا nāran	النَّارَ an-nāra	نَارَ nāra
Genitive	نَارٍ nārin	النَّارِ an-nāri	نَارِ nāri
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَارَيْن nārayn	النَّارَيْن an-nārayn	نَارَيْ nāray
Nominative	نَارَانِ nārāni	النَّارَانِ an-nārāni	نَارَا nārā
Accusative	نَارَيْنِ nārayni	النَّارَيْنِ an-nārayni	نَارَيْ nāray
Genitive	نَارَيْنِ nārayni	النَّارَيْنِ an-nārayni	نَارَيْ nāray
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نِيرَان nīrān	النِّيرَان an-nīrān	نِيرَان nīrān
Nominative	نِيرَانٌ nīrānun	النِّيرَانُ an-nīrānu	نِيرَانُ nīrānu
Accusative	نِيرَانًا nīrānan	النِّيرَانَ an-nīrāna	نِيرَانَ nīrāna
Genitive	نِيرَانٍ nīrānin	النِّيرَانِ an-nīrāni	نِيرَانِ nīrāni

Descendants

• Maltese: nar
• Moroccan Arabic: نار (nār)
• → Bengali: নার (nar)
• → Persian: نار (nâr)
• → Ottoman Turkish: نار (nâr)

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “نور”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Kashmiri

Etymology

Either borrowed from Arabic نار (nār) or inherited from Sanskrit अङ्गार (aṅgāra).

Noun

نار • (nār) m (Devanagari नार)

1. fire

Khowar

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit लहरी (laharī, “billow”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɑː.ɾi/, [nɑː.ɾi]
• Hyphenation: نَا‧رِ

Noun

نَارِ (nāri)

1. wave, rapids

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Persian نار (nâr), انار (anâr).

Noun

نار • (nâr)

1. pomegranate

Derived terms

• گلنار (gülnar, “flower of the pomegranate”)

Descendants

• Turkish: nar
• → Adyghe: нарэ (narɛ)
• → Kabardian: нары (narə)
• → Laz: ნარი (nari)
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: нар

  Latin script: nar

Etymology 2

From Arabic نَار (nār).

Noun

نار • (nâr)

1. fire

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [nɑːɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nɑːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nɑːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [nɑːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [nɔːɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [nɒːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [nɔɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	nār
Dari reading?	nār
Iranian reading?	nâr
Tajik reading?	nor

• Rhymes: -ɑːr

Etymology 1

From انار (anâr).

Noun

نار • (nâr)

1. pomegranate

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: nar
• → Bulgarian: нар (nar)
• → Gujarati: નાર (nār)
• → Ottoman Turkish: نار (nâr)
  • Turkish: nar
  • → Adyghe: нарэ (narɛ)
  • → Kabardian: нары (narə)
  • → Laz: ნარი (nari)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: нар

    Latin script: nar

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic نَار (nār).

Noun

نار • (nâr)

1. fire

   Synonym: آتش (âtaš)

Descendants

• → Gujarati: નાર (nār)

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀡𑀸𑀭𑀻 (ṇārī), from Sanskrit नारी (nā́rī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /näːɾᵊ/

Noun

نار • (nār) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਨਾਰ)

1. woman (a beautiful woman)

   Synonym: مُٹیْار (muṭeyār)

2. wife

Declension

Declension of نار
dir. sg.	نار (nār)
dir. pl.	ناراں (nārāṉ)
	singular	plural
direct	نار (nār)	ناراں (nārāṉ)
oblique	نار (nār)	ناراں (nārāṉ)
vocative	نارے (nāre)	نارو (nāro)
ablative	ناروں (nāroṉ)	ناراں (nārāṉ)
locative	ناری (nārī)	نارِیں (nārīṉ)
instrumental	نارِیں (nārīṉ)	نارے (nāre)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “نار”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਨਾਰ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “nā́rī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 406

Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Dravidian, compare Tamil நால் (nāl).

Numeral

نار • (nār)

1. four in the game of dakar

References

• https://encyclopediasindhiana.org/article.php?Dflt=%D8%A7%D9%BD%D9%8A%20%DA%8F%DA%AA%D8%B1

Southwestern Fars

Noun

نار (nâr)

1. (Masarm, Deh Sarv, Kuzarg) pomegranate

Ushojo

Noun

نار (nār)

1. root