منار

Arabic

Alternative forms

مَنَارَة‎ (manāra)

Etymology

Noun of place from the root ن و ر‎ (n-w-r) of نُور‎ (nūr, “light”). Cognate with Aramaic מְנָרְתָא‎ (mənārəṯā), Hebrew מְנוֹרָה‎ (mənōrā). Maybe there is a contamination with Ancient Greek μιλιάριον (miliárion, “miles indicator”) if the word means landmark.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ma.naːr/

Noun

مَنَار • (manār) m (plural مَنَاوِر‎ (manāwir) or مَنَائِر‎ (manāʾir))

Declension

Declension of noun مَنَار (manār)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَنَار manār	الْمَنَار‎ al-manār	مَنَار manār
Nominative	مَنَارٌ manārun	الْمَنَارُ‎ al-manāru	مَنَارُ manāru
Accusative	مَنَارًا‎ manāran	الْمَنَارَ‎ al-manāra	مَنَارَ manāra
Genitive	مَنَارٍ manārin	الْمَنَارِ‎ al-manāri	مَنَارِ manāri
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَنَارَيْن‎ manārayn	الْمَنَارَيْن‎ al-manārayn	مَنَارَيْ‎ manāray
Nominative	مَنَارَانِ‎ manārāni	الْمَنَارَانِ‎ al-manārāni	مَنَارَا‎ manārā
Accusative	مَنَارَيْنِ‎ manārayni	الْمَنَارَيْنِ‎ al-manārayni	مَنَارَيْ‎ manāray
Genitive	مَنَارَيْنِ‎ manārayni	الْمَنَارَيْنِ‎ al-manārayni	مَنَارَيْ‎ manāray
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَنَاوِر‎‎; مَنَائِر‎ manāwir‎; manāʾir	الْمَنَاوِر‎‎; الْمَنَائِر‎ al-manāwir‎; al-manāʾir	مَنَاوِر‎‎; مَنَائِر‎ manāwir‎; manāʾir
Nominative	مَنَاوِرُ‎‎; مَنَائِرُ‎ manāwiru‎; manāʾiru	الْمَنَاوِرُ‎‎; الْمَنَائِرُ‎ al-manāwiru‎; al-manāʾiru	مَنَاوِرُ‎‎; مَنَائِرُ‎ manāwiru‎; manāʾiru
Accusative	مَنَاوِرَ‎‎; مَنَائِرَ‎ manāwira‎; manāʾira	الْمَنَاوِرَ‎‎; الْمَنَائِرَ‎ al-manāwira‎; al-manāʾira	مَنَاوِرَ‎‎; مَنَائِرَ‎ manāwira‎; manāʾira
Genitive	مَنَاوِرَ‎‎; مَنَائِرَ‎ manāwira‎; manāʾira	الْمَنَاوِرِ‎‎; الْمَنَائِرِ‎ al-manāwiri‎; al-manāʾiri	مَنَاوِرِ‎‎; مَنَائِرِ‎ manāwiri‎; manāʾiri

Synonyms

(lighthouse): فَنَار‎ (fanār)
(minaret): مِئْذَنَة‎ (miʾḏana), صَوْمَعَة‎ (ṣawmaʿa)

References

Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 283
Fraenkel, Siegmund (1880) De vocabulis in antiquis Arabum carminibus et in Corano peregrinis‎ (in Latin), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 18
Freytag, Georg (1837), “منار”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 351
Wehr, Hans (1979), “نور”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “منار”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1327

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