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نُور
light /ˈnuːr/
nounB2#3268 most common
Also: radiance, illumination
Example sentences
أَرَى نُورًا فِي الغُرْفَةِ.
I see a light in the room.
نُورُ القَمَرِ جَمِيلٌ هٰذِهِ اللَّيْلَةَ.
The moonlight is beautiful tonight.
أَطْفَأَتْ نُورَ المِصْبَاحِ قَبْلَ النَّوْمِ.
She turned off the lamp's light before sleeping.
يَنْبَعِثُ نُورٌ خَافِتٌ مِنْ نَافِذَةِ الغُرْفَةِ البَعِيدَةِ.
A faint light comes from the window of the distant room.
اِسْتَرْشَدَ المُسَافِرُونَ بِنُورِ النُّجُومِ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ.
The travelers found their way by the light of the stars in the desert.
يُرْمَزُ إِلَى العِلْمِ أَحْيَانًا بِنُورٍ يُبَدِّدُ ظَلَامَ الجَهْلِ.
Knowledge is sometimes symbolized by a light that dispels the darkness of ignorance.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | نُورٌ | أَنْوَارٌ |
| Genitive | نُورٍ | أَنْوَارٍ |
| Accusative | نُورًا | أَنْوَارًا |
| Vocative | يَا نُورُ | يَا أَنْوَارُ |
Word family
نارfire
أنارto light up, illuminate
منارةlighthouse, minaret
نيّرluminous, radiant
تنويرillumination, enlightenment
Etymology
نُور comes from the Semitic root ن-و-ر (n-w-r), meaning light or fire. The root is old and shows up across the Semitic language family with the same core sense. It gave Arabic a wide set of derived words for illumination, and it entered many personal names, since parents often name a child Nur or Noor to mean light.
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