نار

See also: ناز and Appendix:Variations of "nar"

Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic ن و ر (n-w-r); from Proto-Semitic *nūr-. Cognate with Aramaic נוּר (fire), whence the derived Hebrew נוּר (nur, shining fire).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /naːr/
  • (file)

Noun

نَار • (nār) f (dual نَارَانِ (nārāni), plural نِيرَان (nīrān))

  1. fire
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 28:29:
      فَلَمَّا قَضَىٰ مُوسَى ٱلْأَجَلَ وَسَارَ بِأَهْلِهِۦۤ ءَانَسَ مِن جَانِبِ ٱلطُّورِ نَارࣰا قَالَ لِأَهْلِهِ ٱمْكُثُوۤا۟ إِنِّيۤ ءَانَسْتُ نَارࣰا لَّعَلِّيۤ ءَاتِيكُم مِّنْهَا بِخَبَرٍ أَوْ جَذْوَةࣲ مِّنَ ٱلنَّارِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَصْطَلُونَ
      fa-lammā qaḍā mūsā l-ʾajala wa-sāra bi-ʾahlihī ʾānasa min jānibi ṭ-ṭūri nāran qāla li-ʾahlihi mkuṯū ʾinnī ʾānastu nāran laʿallī ʾātīkum-minhā bixabarin ʾaw jaḏwatin mina n-nāri laʿallakum taṣṯalūna
      And when Moses had completed the term and was traveling with his family, he perceived from the direction of the mount a fire. He said to his family, "Stay here; indeed, I have perceived a fire. Perhaps I will bring you from there [some] information or burning wood from the fire that you may warm yourselves.
  2. conflagration
  3. gunfire

Declension

Descendants

  • Maltese: nar
  • Moroccan Arabic: نار (nār)
  • Bengali: নার (nar)
  • Persian: نار (nâr)
  • Ottoman Turkish: نار (nâr)

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “نور”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Kashmiri

Etymology

Either borrowed from Arabic نار (nār) or inherited from Sanskrit अङ्गार (aṅgāra).[1]

Noun

نار • (nār) m (Devanagari नार)

  1. fire

References

  1. Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “áṅgāra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Khowar

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit लहरी (laharī, billow)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɑː.ɾi/, [nɑː.ɾi]
  • Hyphenation: نَا‧رِ

Noun

نَارِ (nāri)

  1. wave, rapids

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Persian نار (nâr), انار (anâr).

Noun

نار • (nâr)

  1. pomegranate
Derived terms
  • گلنار (gülnar, flower of the pomegranate)
Descendants
  • Turkish: nar
  • Adyghe: нарэ (narɛ)
  • Kabardian: нары (narə)
  • Laz: ნარი (nari)
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: нар
    Latin script: nar

Etymology 2

From Arabic نَار (nār).

Noun

نار • (nâr)

  1. fire

Persian

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? nār
Dari reading? nār
Iranian reading? nâr
Tajik reading? nor
  • Rhymes: -âr

Etymology 1

From انار (anâr).

Noun

نار • (nâr)

  1. pomegranate
Descendants
  • Azerbaijani: nar
  • Bulgarian: нар (nar)
  • Gujarati: નાર (nār)
  • Ottoman Turkish: نار (nâr)
    • Turkish: nar
    • Adyghe: нарэ (narɛ)
    • Kabardian: нары (narə)
    • Laz: ნარი (nari)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: нар
      Latin script: nar

Etymology 2

From Arabic نَار (nār).

Noun

نار • (nâr)

  1. fire
    Synonym: آتش (âteš)
Descendants

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀡𑀸𑀭𑀻 (ṇārī), from Sanskrit नारी (nā́rī).

Pronunciation

Noun

نار • (nār) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਨਾਰ)

  1. woman (a beautiful woman)
    Synonym: مُٹیْار (muṭeyār)
  2. wife

Declension

Declension of نار
dir. sg. نار (nār)
dir. pl. ناراں (nārāṉ)
singular plural
direct نار (nār) ناراں (nārāṉ)
oblique نار (nār) ناراں (nārāṉ)
vocative نارے (nāre) نارو (nāro)
ablative ناروں (nāroṉ)
locative نارے (nāre) نارِیں (nārīṉ)
instrumental نارے (nāre) نارِیں (nārīṉ)

Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “نار”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • ਨਾਰ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “nā́rī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 406

Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Dravidian, compare Tamil நால் (nāl).

Numeral

نار • (nār)

  1. four in the game of dakar

References

Southwestern Fars

Noun

نار (nâr)

  1. (Masarm, Deh Sarv, Kuzarg) pomegranate

Ushojo

Noun

نار (nār)

  1. root
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