نور

Arabic

النور

Etymology 1

Root
ن و ر (n w r)
15 terms

The “light” noun is inherited from Proto-Semitic *nūr-.

Pronunciation

• Verb: IPA^(key): /naw.wa.ra/
• Noun 1: IPA^(key): /nawr/
• Noun 2: IPA^(key): /nuːr/

Verb

نَوَّرَ • (nawwara) II, non-past يُنَوِّرُ‎ (yunawwiru)

1. to flower, to blossom
2. to light, to radiate, to illuminate
3. to shed light
4. to enlighten

Conjugation

Conjugation of

نَوَّرَ

(form-II sound)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						تَنْوِير tanwīr
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						مُنَوِّر munawwir
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مُنَوَّر munawwar
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	نَوَّرْتُ nawwartu	نَوَّرْتَ nawwarta	نَوَّرَ nawwara		نَوَّرْتُمَا nawwartumā	نَوَّرَا nawwarā		نَوَّرْنَا nawwarnā	نَوَّرْتُمْ nawwartum	نَوَّرُوا nawwarū
	f		نَوَّرْتِ nawwarti	نَوَّرَتْ nawwarat			نَوَّرَتَا nawwaratā			نَوَّرْتُنَّ nawwartunna	نَوَّرْنَ nawwarna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُنَوِّرُ ʔunawwiru	تُنَوِّرُ tunawwiru	يُنَوِّرُ yunawwiru		تُنَوِّرَانِ tunawwirāni	يُنَوِّرَانِ yunawwirāni		نُنَوِّرُ nunawwiru	تُنَوِّرُونَ tunawwirūna	يُنَوِّرُونَ yunawwirūna
	f		تُنَوِّرِينَ tunawwirīna	تُنَوِّرُ tunawwiru			تُنَوِّرَانِ tunawwirāni			تُنَوِّرْنَ tunawwirna	يُنَوِّرْنَ yunawwirna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُنَوِّرَ ʔunawwira	تُنَوِّرَ tunawwira	يُنَوِّرَ yunawwira		تُنَوِّرَا tunawwirā	يُنَوِّرَا yunawwirā		نُنَوِّرَ nunawwira	تُنَوِّرُوا tunawwirū	يُنَوِّرُوا yunawwirū
	f		تُنَوِّرِي tunawwirī	تُنَوِّرَ tunawwira			تُنَوِّرَا tunawwirā			تُنَوِّرْنَ tunawwirna	يُنَوِّرْنَ yunawwirna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُنَوِّرْ ʔunawwir	تُنَوِّرْ tunawwir	يُنَوِّرْ yunawwir		تُنَوِّرَا tunawwirā	يُنَوِّرَا yunawwirā		نُنَوِّرْ nunawwir	تُنَوِّرُوا tunawwirū	يُنَوِّرُوا yunawwirū
	f		تُنَوِّرِي tunawwirī	تُنَوِّرْ tunawwir			تُنَوِّرَا tunawwirā			تُنَوِّرْنَ tunawwirna	يُنَوِّرْنَ yunawwirna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		نَوِّرْ nawwir			نَوِّرَا nawwirā				نَوِّرُوا nawwirū
	f		نَوِّرِي nawwirī							نَوِّرْنَ nawwirna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	نُوِّرْتُ nuwwirtu	نُوِّرْتَ nuwwirta	نُوِّرَ nuwwira		نُوِّرْتُمَا nuwwirtumā	نُوِّرَا nuwwirā		نُوِّرْنَا nuwwirnā	نُوِّرْتُمْ nuwwirtum	نُوِّرُوا nuwwirū
	f		نُوِّرْتِ nuwwirti	نُوِّرَتْ nuwwirat			نُوِّرَتَا nuwwiratā			نُوِّرْتُنَّ nuwwirtunna	نُوِّرْنَ nuwwirna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُنَوَّرُ ʔunawwaru	تُنَوَّرُ tunawwaru	يُنَوَّرُ yunawwaru		تُنَوَّرَانِ tunawwarāni	يُنَوَّرَانِ yunawwarāni		نُنَوَّرُ nunawwaru	تُنَوَّرُونَ tunawwarūna	يُنَوَّرُونَ yunawwarūna
	f		تُنَوَّرِينَ tunawwarīna	تُنَوَّرُ tunawwaru			تُنَوَّرَانِ tunawwarāni			تُنَوَّرْنَ tunawwarna	يُنَوَّرْنَ yunawwarna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُنَوَّرَ ʔunawwara	تُنَوَّرَ tunawwara	يُنَوَّرَ yunawwara		تُنَوَّرَا tunawwarā	يُنَوَّرَا yunawwarā		نُنَوَّرَ nunawwara	تُنَوَّرُوا tunawwarū	يُنَوَّرُوا yunawwarū
	f		تُنَوَّرِي tunawwarī	تُنَوَّرَ tunawwara			تُنَوَّرَا tunawwarā			تُنَوَّرْنَ tunawwarna	يُنَوَّرْنَ yunawwarna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُنَوَّرْ ʔunawwar	تُنَوَّرْ tunawwar	يُنَوَّرْ yunawwar		تُنَوَّرَا tunawwarā	يُنَوَّرَا yunawwarā		نُنَوَّرْ nunawwar	تُنَوَّرُوا tunawwarū	يُنَوَّرُوا yunawwarū
	f		تُنَوَّرِي tunawwarī	تُنَوَّرْ tunawwar			تُنَوَّرَا tunawwarā			تُنَوَّرْنَ tunawwarna	يُنَوَّرْنَ yunawwarna

Noun

نَوْر • (nawr) m (collective, singulative نَوْرَة f (nawra), plural أَنْوَار (ʔanwār))

1. blossoms, blooms

Declension

Declension of noun نَوْر (nawr)

Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَوْر nawr	النَّوْر an-nawr	نَوْر nawr
Nominative	نَوْرٌ nawrun	النَّوْرُ an-nawru	نَوْرُ nawru
Accusative	نَوْرًا nawran	النَّوْرَ an-nawra	نَوْرَ nawra
Genitive	نَوْرٍ nawrin	النَّوْرِ an-nawri	نَوْرِ nawri
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَوْرَة nawra	النَّوْرَة an-nawra	نَوْرَة nawrat
Nominative	نَوْرَةٌ nawratun	النَّوْرَةُ an-nawratu	نَوْرَةُ nawratu
Accusative	نَوْرَةً nawratan	النَّوْرَةَ an-nawrata	نَوْرَةَ nawrata
Genitive	نَوْرَةٍ nawratin	النَّوْرَةِ an-nawrati	نَوْرَةِ nawrati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَوْرَتَيْن nawratayn	النَّوْرَتَيْن an-nawratayn	نَوْرَتَيْ nawratay
Nominative	نَوْرَتَانِ nawratāni	النَّوْرَتَانِ an-nawratāni	نَوْرَتَا nawratā
Accusative	نَوْرَتَيْنِ nawratayni	النَّوْرَتَيْنِ an-nawratayni	نَوْرَتَيْ nawratay
Genitive	نَوْرَتَيْنِ nawratayni	النَّوْرَتَيْنِ an-nawratayni	نَوْرَتَيْ nawratay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَوْرَات nawrāt	النَّوْرَات an-nawrāt	نَوْرَات nawrāt
Nominative	نَوْرَاتٌ nawrātun	النَّوْرَاتُ an-nawrātu	نَوْرَاتُ nawrātu
Accusative	نَوْرَاتٍ nawrātin	النَّوْرَاتِ an-nawrāti	نَوْرَاتِ nawrāti
Genitive	نَوْرَاتٍ nawrātin	النَّوْرَاتِ an-nawrāti	نَوْرَاتِ nawrāti
Plural of variety	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَنْوَار ʔanwār	الْأَنْوَار al-ʔanwār	أَنْوَار ʔanwār
Nominative	أَنْوَارٌ ʔanwārun	الْأَنْوَارُ al-ʔanwāru	أَنْوَارُ ʔanwāru
Accusative	أَنْوَارًا ʔanwāran	الْأَنْوَارَ al-ʔanwāra	أَنْوَارَ ʔanwāra
Genitive	أَنْوَارٍ ʔanwārin	الْأَنْوَارِ al-ʔanwāri	أَنْوَارِ ʔanwāri

Noun

نُور • (nūr) m (plural أَنْوَار (ʔanwār))

1. light, ray of light, light beam

   الْقَمَرُ يُضِيء اللَّيْلَ بِنُوْرِهِ السَّاحِر.

   al-qamaru yuḍīʔ al-layla binuwrihi s-sāḥir.

   The moon illuminates the night with its enchanting light.

2. brightness, gleam, glow
3. illumination
4. lamp, light, lantern
5. headlight

Declension

Declension of noun نُور (nūr)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نُور nūr	النُّور an-nūr	نُور nūr
Nominative	نُورٌ nūrun	النُّورُ an-nūru	نُورُ nūru
Accusative	نُورًا nūran	النُّورَ an-nūra	نُورَ nūra
Genitive	نُورٍ nūrin	النُّورِ an-nūri	نُورِ nūri
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نُورَيْن nūrayn	النُّورَيْن an-nūrayn	نُورَيْ nūray
Nominative	نُورَانِ nūrāni	النُّورَانِ an-nūrāni	نُورَا nūrā
Accusative	نُورَيْنِ nūrayni	النُّورَيْنِ an-nūrayni	نُورَيْ nūray
Genitive	نُورَيْنِ nūrayni	النُّورَيْنِ an-nūrayni	نُورَيْ nūray
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَنْوَار ʔanwār	الْأَنْوَار al-ʔanwār	أَنْوَار ʔanwār
Nominative	أَنْوَارٌ ʔanwārun	الْأَنْوَارُ al-ʔanwāru	أَنْوَارُ ʔanwāru
Accusative	أَنْوَارًا ʔanwāran	الْأَنْوَارَ al-ʔanwāra	أَنْوَارَ ʔanwāra
Genitive	أَنْوَارٍ ʔanwārin	الْأَنْوَارِ al-ʔanwāri	أَنْوَارِ ʔanwāri

Derived terms

• نُورِيّ (nūriyy)

Related terms

• أَنَارَ (ʔanāra, “to enlighten”)
• نَار (nār, “fire”)
• مَنَارَة (manāra, “lighthouse”)
• تَنْوِير (tanwīr, “enlightenment”)
• أَنْوَر (ʔanwar)
• مَنْوَر (manwar)

Descendants

• → Avar: нур (nur)
• → Bashkir: нур (nur)
• → Bengali: নূর (nur)
• → Ottoman Turkish: نور (nur)
  • Turkish: nur
• → Persian: نور (nur)
  • Tajik: нур (nur)
• → Swahili: nuru
• → Uyghur: نۇر (nur)
• → Uzbek: nur

Proper noun

نُور • (nūr) m

1. a male given name: Noor

Declension

Declension of noun نُور (nūr)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	نُور nūr	—
Nominative	—	نُورٌ nūrun	—
Accusative	—	نُورًا nūran	—
Genitive	—	نُورٍ nūrin	—

Proper noun

نُور • (nūr) f

1. a female given name: Noor

Declension

Declension of noun نُور (nūr)

Singular	basic singular diptote‎; basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	نُور nūr	—
Nominative	—	نُورُ‎; نُورٌ nūru‎; nūrun	—
Accusative	—	نُورَ‎; نُورًا nūra‎; nūran	—
Genitive	—	نُورَ‎; نُورٍ nūra‎; nūrin	—

Descendants

• Gulf Arabic: نور (nūr)
• → Persian: نور (nur)

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• نَوَار (nawār)

Noun

نَوَر • (nawar) m (collective, singulative نَوَرِيّ m (nawariyy))

1. Nawar, one of the tribes of Doms in Egypt
2. Gypsies
3. tramps, vagabonds

Declension

Declension of noun نَوَر (nawar)

Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَوَر nawar	النَّوَر an-nawar	نَوَر nawar
Nominative	نَوَرٌ nawarun	النَّوَرُ an-nawaru	نَوَرُ nawaru
Accusative	نَوَرًا nawaran	النَّوَرَ an-nawara	نَوَرَ nawara
Genitive	نَوَرٍ nawarin	النَّوَرِ an-nawari	نَوَرِ nawari
Singulative	basic singulative triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَوَرِي nawarī	النَّوَرِي an-nawarī	نَوَرِي nawarī
Nominative	نَوَرِيٌّ nawariyyun	النَّوَرِيُّ an-nawariyyu	نَوَرِيُّ nawariyyu
Accusative	نَوَرِيًّا nawariyyan	النَّوَرِيَّ an-nawariyya	نَوَرِيَّ nawariyya
Genitive	نَوَرِيٍّ nawariyyin	النَّوَرِيِّ an-nawariyyi	نَوَرِيِّ nawariyyi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَوَرِيَّيْن nawariyyayn	النَّوَرِيَّيْن an-nawariyyayn	نَوَرِيَّيْ nawariyyay
Nominative	نَوَرِيَّانِ nawariyyāni	النَّوَرِيَّانِ an-nawariyyāni	نَوَرِيَّا nawariyyā
Accusative	نَوَرِيَّيْنِ nawariyyayni	النَّوَرِيَّيْنِ an-nawariyyayni	نَوَرِيَّيْ nawariyyay
Genitive	نَوَرِيَّيْنِ nawariyyayni	النَّوَرِيَّيْنِ an-nawariyyayni	نَوَرِيَّيْ nawariyyay
Paucal (3-10)	sound masculine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَوَرِيِّين nawariyyīn	النَّوَرِيِّين an-nawariyyīn	نَوَرِيِّي nawariyyī
Nominative	نَوَرِيُّونَ nawariyyūna	النَّوَرِيُّونَ an-nawariyyūna	نَوَرِيُّو nawariyyū
Accusative	نَوَرِيِّينَ nawariyyīna	النَّوَرِيِّينَ an-nawariyyīna	نَوَرِيِّي nawariyyī
Genitive	نَوَرِيِّينَ nawariyyīna	النَّوَرِيِّينَ an-nawariyyīna	نَوَرِيِّي nawariyyī

Etymology 3

Verb

نُورِ • (nūri) (form IV)

1. first-person plural non-past active jussive of أَوْرَى (ʔawrā)

Verb

نُورَ • (nūra) (form IV)

1. first-person plural non-past passive jussive of أَوْرَى (ʔawrā)

Kashmiri

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

نور • (nōr) m (Devanagari नोर)

1. tube, pipe, conduit
2. a large tubular intestine

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نُور (nūr, “light, ray of light”), from Proto-Semitic *nūr- (“light”).

Noun

نور • (nur) (definite accusative نوری (nuru), plural انوار (envâr) or نیران (nirân))

1. light, the electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye

   Synonyms: آیدین (aydın), ایشق (ışık)

2. light, any source of illumination, such as a candle, lightbulb, torch, lamp, streetlight, etc.

   Synonyms: آیدین (aydın), ایشق (ışık), چراغ (çerağ, çirağ), سراج (sirac)

Derived terms

• نور افشان (nur efşan, “that diffuses light”)
• نور الهی (nur-ı ilâhi, “divine glory”)
• نور بخش (nur bahş, “light-giving, glorious”)
• نور ساده (nur-ı sade, “God's effulgence”)
• نور طوپی (nur topu, “angelic infant”)
• نور عذرا (nur-ı ʼuzra, “halo of the Virgin Mary”)
• نور مبین (nur-ı mübin, “Mohammed”)
• نور پاش (nur paş, “brilliant, luminous”)
• نور چشم (nur-ı çeşm, “one's darling child”)
• نورانی (nurani, “shining with light”)
• نورلو (nurlu, “shining, luminous”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: nur

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “nur1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3569
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “nûr”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1011
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “نور”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1290
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Lumen”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 980
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “نور”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 5273
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “nur”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “نور”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2110

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نُور (nūr).

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nuːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nuːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [nuːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [nuɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [nuːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [nuɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	nūr
Dari reading?	nūr
Iranian reading?	nur
Tajik reading?	nur

• Audio (Iran):

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Noun

Dari	نور
Iranian Persian
Tajik	нур

نور • (nur) (plural انوار (anvâr) or نورها (nur-hâ))

1. light

Derived terms

• نورانی (nurâni)
• نوردرمانی (nur-darmâni)
• نورافشانی (nurâfšâni)

Proper noun

Dari	نور
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Нур

نور • (nur)

1. a female given name, Noor, Nur, or Nour, from Arabic.

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ن و ر
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic نُور (nūr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nuːr/, [nuːr]

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Noun

نور • (nūr) m (plural أنوار (ʔanwār))

1. (formal) light (mainly used in greeting)

   Synonym: ضوّ (ḍaww)

   صباح النور ― ṣabāḥ in-nūr ― good morning (literally, “morning of the light”)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نُور (nūr), from Arabic نُور (nūr). Compare Bengali নূর (nur).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /nuːɾ/
• Rhymes: -uːɾ

Noun

نُور • (nūr) m (Hindi spelling नूर) (uncountable)

1. light, illumination
2. splendour
3. (religion) divine light
   1. (figuratively) a spiritual leader
4. (Qur'an) name of a chapter.

Declension

Declension of نور
	singular	plural
direct	نُور (nūr)	نُور (nūr)
oblique	نُور (nūr)	نُوروں (nūrō̃)
vocative	نُور (nūr)	نُورو (nūrō)

Proper noun

نور • (nūr) m or f by sense (Hindi spelling नूर)

1. a unisex given name, Noor, from Arabic

Further reading

• “نور”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “نور”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “نور”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John Thompson (1884) “نور”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., →ISBN, →OCLC
• S. W. Fallon (1879) “نور”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
• John Shakespear (1834) “نور”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC