منارة

See also: مناره‎

Arabic

Alternative forms

مَنَار‎ (manār)

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.naː.ra/

Noun

مَنَارَة • (manāra) f (plural مَنَارَات‎ (manārāt) or مَنَاوِر‎ (manāwir))

Declension

Declension of noun مَنَارَة (manāra)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَنَارَة manāra	الْمَنَارَة‎ al-manāra	مَنَارَة manārat
Nominative	مَنَارَةٌ manāratun	الْمَنَارَةُ‎ al-manāratu	مَنَارَةُ manāratu
Accusative	مَنَارَةً manāratan	الْمَنَارَةَ‎ al-manārata	مَنَارَةَ manārata
Genitive	مَنَارَةٍ manāratin	الْمَنَارَةِ‎ al-manārati	مَنَارَةِ manārati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَنَارَتَيْن‎ manāratayn	الْمَنَارَتَيْن‎ al-manāratayn	مَنَارَتَيْ‎ manāratay
Nominative	مَنَارَتَانِ‎ manāratāni	الْمَنَارَتَانِ‎ al-manāratāni	مَنَارَتَا‎ manāratā
Accusative	مَنَارَتَيْنِ‎ manāratayni	الْمَنَارَتَيْنِ‎ al-manāratayni	مَنَارَتَيْ‎ manāratay
Genitive	مَنَارَتَيْنِ‎ manāratayni	الْمَنَارَتَيْنِ‎ al-manāratayni	مَنَارَتَيْ‎ manāratay
Plural	sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَنَارَات‎‎; مَنَاوِر‎ manārāt‎; manāwir	الْمَنَارَات‎‎; الْمَنَاوِر‎ al-manārāt‎; al-manāwir	مَنَارَات‎‎; مَنَاوِر‎ manārāt‎; manāwir
Nominative	مَنَارَاتٌ‎‎; مَنَاوِرُ‎ manārātun‎; manāwiru	الْمَنَارَاتُ‎‎; الْمَنَاوِرُ‎ al-manārātu‎; al-manāwiru	مَنَارَاتُ‎‎; مَنَاوِرُ‎ manārātu‎; manāwiru
Accusative	مَنَارَاتٍ‎‎; مَنَاوِرَ‎ manārātin‎; manāwira	الْمَنَارَاتِ‎‎; الْمَنَاوِرَ‎ al-manārāti‎; al-manāwira	مَنَارَاتِ‎‎; مَنَاوِرَ‎ manārāti‎; manāwira
Genitive	مَنَارَاتٍ‎‎; مَنَاوِرَ‎ manārātin‎; manāwira	الْمَنَارَاتِ‎‎; الْمَنَاوِرِ‎ al-manārāti‎; al-manāwiri	مَنَارَاتِ‎‎; مَنَاوِرِ‎ manārāti‎; manāwiri

Synonyms

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

Descendants

Albanian: minare
Azeri: minarə
Bashkir: манара (manara)
Belarusian: мінарэ́т (minarét)
Bengali: মিনার (minar)
Bulgarian: минаре (minare)
Dutch: minaret
English: minaret
French: minaret
Hindi: मीनार (mīnār), मीनारा (mīnārā)
Hungarian: minaret
Indonesian: menara
Kazakh: мұнара (munara)
Kyrgyz: мунара (munara)
Pashto: مناره‎ (monārá)
Persian: مناره‎ (menâre)
Polish: minaret
Russian: минаре́т (minarét)
Spanish: minarete, alminar
Swahili: mnara
Tajik: манора (manora)
Tatar: манара (manara)
Turkish: minare
Turkmen: minara
Ukrainian: мінаре́т (minarét)
Urdu: مینار‎ (mīnār), مینارا‎ (mīnārā)
Uyghur: مىنارەت‎ (minaret)
Uzbek: minora

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), “منارة”, 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), “منارة”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1327

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