منير

See also: منیر

Arabic

Root
ن و ر (n-w-r)

Etymology

Derived from the passive participle of نَارَ (nāra).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mu.niːr/
  • Rhymes: -iːr

Adjective

مُنِير • (munīr)

  1. bright
  2. luminous
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 25:61:
      تَبَارَكَ الَّذِي جَعَلَ فِي السَّمَاءِ بُرُوجًا وَجَعَلَ فِيهَا سِرَاجًا وَقَمَرًا مُنِيرًا
      tabāraka allaḏī jaʕala fī s-samāʔi burūjan wajaʕala fīhā sirājan waqamaran munīran
      Blessed is He who has placed in the sky great stars and placed therein a [burning] lamp and luminous moon.
  3. shining

Declension

References

  • Baalbaki, Rohi (1995) “منير”, in Al-Mawrid: A Modern Arabic-English Dictionary, 7th edition, Beirut: Dar El-Ilm Lilmalayin, →ISBN
  • Баранов, Х. К. (2011) “منير”, in Большой арабско-русский словарь (Bolʹšoj arabsko-russkij slovarʹ), 11th edition, Москва: Живой язык, →ISBN
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “منير”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
  • Wehr, Hans (1960) “منير”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz
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