عنوان

Arabic
Root
ع ن و (ʕ-n-w)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʕun.waːn/
    • (Moroccan) IPA(key): /ʕun.waːn/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

عُنْوَان or عِنْوَان • (ʕunwān or ʕinwān) m (plural عَنَاوِين (ʕanāwīn))

  1. title (of book) — and "anything that serves as an indication of another thing is called its عُنْوَان (Lane's Lexicon).
  2. address
    اُكْتُب لِي إِلَى عُنْوَانِي.
    uktub lī ʔilā ʕunwānī.
    Write to me at my address.
  3. index
  4. royal signature
  5. front
  6. beginning
  7. pretext
  8. manner, method, quality

Declension
Declension of noun عُنْوَان (ʕunwān)‎; عِنْوَان (ʕinwān)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal عُنْوَان‎; عِنْوَان
ʕunwān‎; ʕinwān		 الْعُنْوَان‎; الْعِنْوَان
al-ʕunwān‎; al-ʕinwān		 عُنْوَان‎; عِنْوَان
ʕunwān‎; ʕinwān
Nominative عُنْوَانٌ‎; عِنْوَانٌ
ʕunwānun‎; ʕinwānun		 الْعُنْوَانُ‎; الْعِنْوَانُ
al-ʕunwānu‎; al-ʕinwānu		 عُنْوَانُ‎; عِنْوَانُ
ʕunwānu‎; ʕinwānu
Accusative عُنْوَانًا‎; عِنْوَانًا
ʕunwānan‎; ʕinwānan		 الْعُنْوَانَ‎; الْعِنْوَانَ
al-ʕunwāna‎; al-ʕinwāna		 عُنْوَانَ‎; عِنْوَانَ
ʕunwāna‎; ʕinwāna
Genitive عُنْوَانٍ‎; عِنْوَانٍ
ʕunwānin‎; ʕinwānin		 الْعُنْوَانِ‎; الْعِنْوَانِ
al-ʕunwāni‎; al-ʕinwāni		 عُنْوَانِ‎; عِنْوَانِ
ʕunwāni‎; ʕinwāni
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal عُنْوَانَيْن‎; عِنْوَانَيْن
ʕunwānayn‎; ʕinwānayn		 الْعُنْوَانَيْن‎; الْعِنْوَانَيْن
al-ʕunwānayn‎; al-ʕinwānayn		 عُنْوَانَيْ‎; عِنْوَانَيْ
ʕunwānay‎; ʕinwānay
Nominative عُنْوَانَانِ‎; عِنْوَانَانِ
ʕunwānāni‎; ʕinwānāni		 الْعُنْوَانَانِ‎; الْعِنْوَانَانِ
al-ʕunwānāni‎; al-ʕinwānāni		 عُنْوَانَا‎; عِنْوَانَا
ʕunwānā‎; ʕinwānā
Accusative عُنْوَانَيْنِ‎; عِنْوَانَيْنِ
ʕunwānayni‎; ʕinwānayni		 الْعُنْوَانَيْنِ‎; الْعِنْوَانَيْنِ
al-ʕunwānayni‎; al-ʕinwānayni		 عُنْوَانَيْ‎; عِنْوَانَيْ
ʕunwānay‎; ʕinwānay
Genitive عُنْوَانَيْنِ‎; عِنْوَانَيْنِ
ʕunwānayni‎; ʕinwānayni		 الْعُنْوَانَيْنِ‎; الْعِنْوَانَيْنِ
al-ʕunwānayni‎; al-ʕinwānayni		 عُنْوَانَيْ‎; عِنْوَانَيْ
ʕunwānay‎; ʕinwānay
Plural basic broken plural diptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal عَنَاوِين
ʕanāwīn		 الْعَنَاوِين
al-ʕanāwīn		 عَنَاوِين
ʕanāwīn
Nominative عَنَاوِينُ
ʕanāwīnu		 الْعَنَاوِينُ
al-ʕanāwīnu		 عَنَاوِينُ
ʕanāwīnu
Accusative عَنَاوِينَ
ʕanāwīna		 الْعَنَاوِينَ
al-ʕanāwīna		 عَنَاوِينَ
ʕanāwīna
Genitive عَنَاوِينَ
ʕanāwīna		 الْعَنَاوِينِ
al-ʕanāwīni		 عَنَاوِينِ
ʕanāwīni

Descendants
  • → Azerbaijani: ünvan
  • → Ottoman Turkish: عنوان
  • → Persian: عنوان
  • → Swahili: anwani
    • → Iraqw: anwaani
  • → Uyghur: ئۇنۋان (unwan)
  • → Uzbek: unvon

References
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “عنوان”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “عنو”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic عُنْوَان (ʕunwān).

Noun

عنوان • (ʿinwān) m (plural عناوين (ʿināwīn))

  1. address
  2. title

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic عُنْوَان (ʕunwān).

Noun

عنوان • (unvan)

  1. title
    • 1927 October, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Nutuk‎, page 501:
      عنوانی خلیفه اولسون ، نه اولورسه اولسون هیچ كمسه بو ملتك مقدراتنده مشاركت صاحبی اوله‌ماز.
      Unvanı halife olsun, ne olursa olsun hiç kimse bu milletin mukadderatında müşareket sahibi olamaz.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic عُنْوَان (ʕunwān).

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔʊn.wɑ́ːn]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔʊn.wɑ́ːn]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔun.wɔ́ːn]

Readings
Classical reading? unwān
Dari reading? unwān
Iranian reading? onvân
Tajik reading? unvon

Noun

عُنوان • ('onvân) (plural عَناوین ('anâvin) or عُنوان‌ها ('onvân-hâ))

  1. title (to a book, article, etc.)
  2. title (word of address)
  3. pretext, excuse
  4. manner, method

Derived terms

Descendants

See also
  • سرنامه (sarnâme)

South Levantine Arabic
Root
ع ن و
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic عُنْوَان (ʕunwān).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʕin.waːn/, [ʕɪnˈwæːn], [ʕɪnˈwaːn]
  • IPA(key): /ʕun.waːn/, [ʕʊnˈwæːn], [ʕʊnˈwaːn]
  • Audio (Amman)(file)

Noun

عنوان • (ʕinwān, ʕunwān) m (plural عناوين (ʕanāwīn))

  1. address
  2. headline, title, heading

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian عنوان ('unvān), itself from Arabic عُنْوَان (ʕunwān).

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /(ʔ)ʊn.ʋɑːn/
  • (colloquial) IPA(key): /ən.ʋɑːn/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːn
  • Hyphenation: عُن‧وان

Noun

عُنْوان • (’unvān) m (formal plural عَناوِین ('anāvīn), Hindi spelling उनवान)

  1. title, headline
  2. topic
  3. preface
  4. introduction

References
  • “عنوان”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “عنوان”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • “عنوان”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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