נור

Arabic

Noun

נור • (nūr) m

  1. Judeo-Arabic spelling of نُور (nūr, light)
    • c. 10th century, Saadia Gaon, Tafsir, Genesis 1:3:
      ושא אללה אן יכון נור פכאן נור׃
      wašāʔa llāhu ʔan yakūna nūrun fakāna nūrun.
      And God willed there to be light, and then there was light.

Hebrew

Root
נ־י־ר (n-y-r)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *nūr-, via Aramaic נוּר (fire). Cognate with Arabic نُور (nūr, light) and نَار (nār, fire).

Noun

נוּר • (nur) m (plural indefinite נורים, singular construct נור־)

  1. shining fire
    Synonym: אֵשׁ (ésh)
  2. light
    Synonym: אוֹר (ór)

References

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