نورانی

See also: نوراني

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نُورَانِيّ (nūrāniyy, “luminous”).

Adjective

نورانی • (nurani)

1. luminous, shining, radiant, brilliant, refulgent, emitting light, glowing brightly

   Synonyms: آیدین (aydın), ایشق (ışık), نورلو (nurlu)

Derived terms

• نورانیت (nuraniyet, “luminosity”)

Descendants

• Turkish: nurani

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “nurani”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3570
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “nûrânî”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1011
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “نورانی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 975
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Lucidus”, 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 251
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “نورانی”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 5273
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “نورانی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2110

Persian

Etymology

Analyzable as نور (nur) +‎ ـانی (-âni); compare خوبانی (xubâni). Possibly borrowed from, modeled after, or influenced by Arabic نُورَانِيّ (nūrāniyy).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [nuː.ɾɑː.ˈniː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nuː.ɾɑː.níː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nuː.ɾɑː.níː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [nuː.ɾɑː.níː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [nu.ɾɔː.ní]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [nuː.ɹɒː.níː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [nu.ɾɔ.ní]

Readings
Classical reading?	nūrānī
Dari reading?	nūrānī
Iranian reading?	nurâni
Tajik reading?	nuroni

Adjective

Dari	نورانی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	нуронӣ

نورانی • (nurâni)

1. luminous, lighting, glittering

   در شب، نورانی است. ― dar šab, nurâni ast. ― At night, it shines.

   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume III, verse 2557:

     عقل نورانی و نیکو طالبست، نفس ظلمانی برو چون غالبست

     'aql nurâni o niku tâleb-ast, nafs-e zolmâni bar u čon ğâleb-ast

     The intellect is luminous and a seeker of good: how [then] does the dark fleshly soul prevail over it?

Descendants

• → Middle Armenian: նուրանի (nurani)

Noun

Dari	نورانی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	нуронӣ

نورانی • (nurâni)

1. holy aspect (clarification of this definition is needed)