منارة

See also: مناره

Arabic

Alternative forms

• مَنَار (manār)

Etymology

Noun of place from the root ن و ر (n-w-r), relating to "light" and "fire". Cognate with Aramaic מְנָרְתָא (mənārəṯā), Hebrew מְנוֹרָה (mənōrā), Ugaritic 𐎎𐎐𐎗𐎚 (mnrt). 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))

1. lighthouse

   Synonym: فَنَار (fanār)

2. beacon
3. a thing which a lamp is put upon
4. (Islam) minaret

   Synonyms: مِئْذَنَة (miʔḏana), صَوْمَعَة (ṣawmaʕa)

5. (Judaism) menorah

Declension

Declension of noun مَنَارَة (manāra)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	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
	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

Descendants

• Maltese: mnara
• → Albanian: minare
• → Armenian: մինարեթ (minaretʻ), մինարե (minare)
• → Belarusian: мінарэ́т (minarét)
• → Bulgarian: минаре (minare)
• → Dutch: minaret
• → English: minaret
• → French: minaret
• → German: Minarett
• → Hungarian: minaret
• → Malay: menara
  • Indonesian: menara
• → Persian: مناره (menâre) (see there for further descendants)
• → Polish: minaret
• → Portuguese: minarete, almenara
• → Middle Armenian: մնիրայ (mniray), մներայ (mneray), մնարայ (mnaray), մնարամ (mnaram), մինիրայ (miniray), մինարայ (minaray)
• → Russian: минаре́т (minarét)
• → Serbo-Croatian: munara
• → Spanish: minarete, alminar, almenar, almenara
• → Swahili: mnara
• → Turkish: minare
• → Ukrainian: мінаре́т (minarét)

References

• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 270–271
• 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^[1] (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^[2] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 351
• Müller, David Heinrich (1887) “Arabisch-aramäische Glossen”, in Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes‎^[3] (in German), volume 1, page 30
• 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 with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “منارة”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[4] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1327