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عُنْوان
address /ʕunˈwaːn/
nounA2#743 most common
Also: title, heading, headline
Example sentences
ما هو عُنْوانُكَ؟
What is your address?
عُنْوانُ الكتابِ جميلٌ.
The title of the book is beautiful.
كتبتُ عُنْواني على الظرفِ.
I wrote my address on the envelope.
عُنْوانُ المقالِ لفتَ انتباهَ القُرّاءِ.
The headline of the article caught the readers' attention.
تغيّرَ عُنْواني بعد أن انتقلتُ إلى مدينةٍ أخرى، فأبلغتُ البنكَ بعُنْواني الجديدِ.
My address changed after I moved to another city, so I notified the bank of my new address.
يقولُ النقّادُ إنّ العُنْوانَ عتبةُ النصِّ، إذ يَعِدُ القارئَ بما سيجدُه بين الدفّتينِ.
Critics say the title is the threshold of the text, since it promises the reader what they will find between the covers.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | عُنْوانٌ | عَناوينُ |
| Genitive | عُنْوانٍ | عَناوينَ |
| Accusative | عُنْواناً | عَناوينَ |
| Vocative | يا عُنْوانُ | يا عَناوينُ |
Word family
عَنْوَنَto title, to address
مُعَنْوَنtitled, headed
عَناوينaddresses, titles (plural)
عُنْوان إلكترونيemail address
Etymology
عُنْوان derives from the Arabic root ع-ن-و, tied to the idea of something appearing or presenting itself. The word names the line that presents a thing: the title on a book, the address on a letter. From the same root Arabic later coined the verb عَنْوَنَ, to give a title or an address. Deeper Semitic ties are debated, so no firm cognates are claimed here.
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