nur

nur (plural nurs)

1. A hard knot in wood; a knur or knurl.
2. (obsolete) A hard knob of wood used in playing hockey.
   • W. Howitt

     I think I'm as hard as a nur, and as tough as whitleather.

• URN, run, urn

From Turkish nur, from Arabic نور‎ (“light”).[1]

• IPA^(key): [nuɾ]

nur m (indefinite plural nure, definite singular nuri, definite plural nuret)

1. facial expression, face, appearance
2. dazzling beauty
3. outward appearance (of a person)

• nurbardhë
• nurmadh
• nursëz
• nurshëm
• nurzi

From German nur.

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nur

1. only, just
   • 1888, L. L. Zamenhof, Dua Libro de l' Lingvo Internacia, Project Gutenberg transcription

     Se mi nur estus sana, mi estus tute kontenta.

     If only I would be healthy, I would be fully content.

From late Middle High German nuor, contracted from older niwer, newære, from Old High German niwāri, ni wāri (“were it not”). Cognate with Yiddish נאָר‎ (nor), Dutch maar, Old English nǣre.

• IPA^(key): /nuːɐ̯/

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• Rhymes: -uːɐ̯

nur

1. only, just, merely, simply

   Synonyms: bloß, allein

   Nur reife Kirschen dürfen auf den Kuchen.

   Only ripe cherries may go on the cake.

   Du musst nur die Werte eingeben und den Rest macht der Computer.

   You just have to enter the values and the computer will do the rest.

2. ever; at all

   Synonyms: immer, überhaupt

   Ich helfe dir, wo ich nur kann.

   I’ll help you wherever I can.

3. however, though

   Synonyms: allerdings, jedoch

   Wir könnten es versuchen. Nur wären die Risiken sehr hoch.

   We could try. The risks would be very high, however.

• nur zu
• nur nicht

nur

1. (chiefly colloquial) but

   Ich wär auf jeden Fall dabei, nur ich hab echt keine Zeit.

   I’d definitely come along, but I really don’t have the time.

• aber

Borrowed from Esperanto nur, German nur.

• IPA^(key): /nur/

nur

1. only, merely

• nura

From Arabic نُور‎ (nūr).

nur (plural nur-nur, informal first-person possessive nurku, informal second-person possessive nurmu, third-person possessive nurnya)

1. light

From Esperanto nur, from German nur.

nur

1. only, just

núr (plural núr)

1. body

• Crane, Thera; Larry Hyman; Simon Nsielanga Tukumu (2011) A grammar of Nzadi [B.865]: a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, →ISBN

• IPA^(key): /nur/

nur m anim

1. loon (bird of order Gaviiformes)
2. dive, plunge (a jump into water)

• (verbs) nurzać, nurkować
• (nouns) nur, nurek, nurkowanie, nurnik, nurzanie, nurzaniec, nurzec, nurzyk

• nur in Polish dictionaries at PWN

nur

1. in your (plural and formal singular)

• Adds n- to the following word if it begins with a vowel.

• na
• nad
• nam
• nan
• nar

From Arabic نور‎.

• IPA^(key): /nuɾ/

nur (definite accusative nuru, plural nurlar)

1. (Islam) The Holy Light