فانوس

Arabic

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φανός (phanós, lantern).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /faː.nuːs/

Noun

فَانُوس • (fānūs) m (plural فَوَانِيس (fawānīs))

  1. lantern

Declension

Descendants

  • Amharic: ፋኑስ (fanus)
  • Dongolawi: fānū́s
  • Ottoman Turkish: فانوس, ֆանուս (fanus)
  • Swahili: fanusi
  • Tigre: ፋኑስ (fanus)
  • Tigrinya: ፋኑስ (fanus)
  • Uyghur: پانۇس (panus)

Kohistani Shina

Noun

فانوس (fānūs)

  1. chandelier
  2. lantern

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَانُوس (fānūs), which in turn derives from Ancient Greek φανός (phanós, lantern).

Noun

فانوس • (fanus)

  1. lantern, a glass or gauze case for a lamp
    Synonym: فنر (fener)

Descendants

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek φανός (phanós, lantern).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [fɑː.núːs]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [fɑː.núːs]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [fɔː.nús]

Readings
Classical reading? fānūs
Dari reading? fānūs
Iranian reading? fânus
Tajik reading? fonus

Noun

Dari فانوس
Iranian Persian
Tajik фонус

فانوس • (fânus) (plural فانوس‌ها (-fânus-hâ))

  1. lantern

Derived terms

  • فانوس دریایی (fânus-e daryâyi)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian فانوس (fānūs, lantern), itself from Arabic فَانُوس (fānūs, lantern).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /fɑː.nuːs/
  • Rhymes: -uːs
  • Hyphenation: فا‧نُوس

Noun

فانُوس • (fānūs) m (Hindi spelling फ़ानूस)

  1. chandelier
  2. lamp
  3. glass cover, plant cover
  4. (figuratively) open-minded person

Declension

Declension of فانوس
singular plural
direct فانُوس (fānūs) فانُوس (fānūs)
oblique فانُوس (fānūs) فانُوسوں (fānūsō̃)
vocative فانُوس (fānūs) فانُوسو (fānūsō)

References

  • فانوس”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • فانوس”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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