فنار

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Byzantine Greek φανάριον (phanárion).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.naːr/

Noun

فَنَار • (fanār) m (plural فَنَارَات (fanārāt))

1. beacon

   Synonyms: مَنَارَة (manāra), نِبْرَاس (nibrās)

2. lighthouse

   Synonym: مَنَارَة (manāra)

3. (nonstandard) lamp, lantern

   Synonyms: نِبْرَاس (nibrās), سِرَاج (sirāj), مِصْبَاح (miṣbāḥ), فَانُوس (fānūs), بَابُور (bābūr)

Declension

Declension of noun فَنَار (fanār)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَنَار fanār	الْفَنَار al-fanār	فَنَار fanār
Nominative	فَنَارٌ fanārun	الْفَنَارُ al-fanāru	فَنَارُ fanāru
Accusative	فَنَارًا fanāran	الْفَنَارَ al-fanāra	فَنَارَ fanāra
Genitive	فَنَارٍ fanārin	الْفَنَارِ al-fanāri	فَنَارِ fanāri
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَنَارَيْن fanārayn	الْفَنَارَيْن al-fanārayn	فَنَارَيْ fanāray
Nominative	فَنَارَانِ fanārāni	الْفَنَارَانِ al-fanārāni	فَنَارَا fanārā
Accusative	فَنَارَيْنِ fanārayni	الْفَنَارَيْنِ al-fanārayni	فَنَارَيْ fanāray
Genitive	فَنَارَيْنِ fanārayni	الْفَنَارَيْنِ al-fanārayni	فَنَارَيْ fanāray
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَنَارَات fanārāt	الْفَنَارَات al-fanārāt	فَنَارَات fanārāt
Nominative	فَنَارَاتٌ fanārātun	الْفَنَارَاتُ al-fanārātu	فَنَارَاتُ fanārātu
Accusative	فَنَارَاتٍ fanārātin	الْفَنَارَاتِ al-fanārāti	فَنَارَاتِ fanārāti
Genitive	فَنَارَاتٍ fanārātin	الْفَنَارَاتِ al-fanārāti	فَنَارَاتِ fanārāti

Descendants

• → Old Anatolian Turkish: فنار (fänār)
  • Azerbaijani: fənər
  • Gagauz: fener
  • Ottoman Turkish: فنار (fenar, fener), فنر (fener)
    • Turkish: fener
    • → Albanian: fener
    • → Armenian: ֆանար (fanar)
    • → Aromanian: finere f
    • → Bulgarian: фене́р (fenér)
    • → Crimean Tatar: fener
    • → Gilaki: فنار (fanár)
    • → Macedonian: фенер (fener)
    • → Mazanderani: فنر (fenar)
    • → Persian: فنر (fanar), فنار (fanâr)
    • → Romanian: fanar, fener, fânar, fănar
    • → Serbo-Croatian:

      Cyrillic script: фѐњер

      Latin script: fènjer

References

• Behnstedt, Peter, Woidich, Manfred (2012) Wortatlas der arabischen Dialekte – Band II: Materielle Kultur (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 100/II) (in German), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 83–86
• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “فنار”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 284
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 96

Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَنَار (fanār), from Byzantine Greek φανάριον (phanárion).

Noun

فنار (fänār)

1. lamp, lantern
   • 1354, Mesud bin Ahmed, Süheyl ü Nevbahar tercümesi:

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     täpämdän tütünüm nitä kim fänār

     smoke rises from my head like a lamp

Descendants

• Azerbaijani: fənər
• Gagauz: fener
• Ottoman Turkish: فنار (fenar, fener), فنر (fener)
  • Turkish: fener
  • → Albanian: fener
  • → Armenian: ֆանար (fanar)
  • → Aromanian: finere f
  • → Bulgarian: фене́р (fenér)
  • → Crimean Tatar: fener
  • → Gilaki: فنار (fanár)
  • → Macedonian: фенер (fener)
  • → Mazanderani: فنر (fenar)
  • → Persian: فنر (fanar), فنار (fanâr)
  • → Romanian: fanar, fener, fânar, fănar
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: фѐњер

    Latin script: fènjer

Further reading

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “fener”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Ottoman Turkish

فنار

Alternative forms

• فنر (fener)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish فنار (fänār, “lamp, lanter”), from Arabic فَنَار (fanār), ultimately from Ancient Greek φανάριον (phanárion). Cognate with Azerbaijani fənər and Gagauz fener.

Noun

فنار • (fenar or fener) (definite accusative فناری (fenarı, feneri), plural فنارلر (fenarlar, fenerler))

1. lantern, a protective case for a flame or light used to illuminate its surroundings

   Synonym: فانوس (fanus)

2. street lamp, streetlight, any large, outdoor light used to illuminate a public area
3. lighthouse, a tower or similar structure exhibiting a light to warn or guide sailors

   Synonyms: دكز فناری (deñiz feneri), قله فناری (kule feneri)

4. beacon, a signal fire to give any notice, commonly to warn people or mariners
5. pinion, the smallest gear in a gear train, especially the one of a shaft in machinery

Derived terms

• آناطولی فناری (anadolu feneri, “Anadolufeneri, a neighbourhood in Istanbul”)
• اشكمبه فناری (işkembe feneri, “large lantern made of membrane”)
• ال فناری (el feneri, “portable lantern”)
• بز فنار (bez fener, “lantern of waxed cloth”)
• بوینوز فنار (boynuz fener, “lantern of horn”)
• خرسز فناری (hırsız feneri, “dark lantern”)
• دكز فناری (deñiz feneri, “lighthouse”)
• روم ایلی فناری (rum eli feneri, “Rumelifeneri, a neighbourhood in Istanbul”)
• شیطان فناری (şeytan feneri, “bladder cherry”)
• فنار باشلو (fener başlı, “person suffering from ringworm”, literally “lantern-headed”)
• فنار باغچه‌سی (fener bağçesi, “Fenerbahçe, a neighbourhood in Istanbul”)
• فنار بالغی (fener balığı, “anglerfish”)
• فنار دوبه‌سی (fener dubası, “floating lighthouse”)
• فنار دیركی (fener direği, “lamp-post”)
• فنار رسمی (fener resmi, “lighthouse duty”)
• فنارجی (fenarcı, fenerci, “maker or seller of lanterns”)
• قله فناری (kule feneri, “lighthouse”)
• كلین فناری (gelin feneri, “bladder cherry”)
• كمی فناری (gemi feneri, “foretop lantern”)
• كویكی فناری (güveyi feneri, “bladder cherry”)

Descendants

• Turkish: fener
• → Albanian: fener
• → Armenian: ֆանար (fanar)
• → Aromanian: finere f
• → Bulgarian: фене́р (fenér)
• → Crimean Tatar: fener
• → Gilaki: فنار (fanár)
• → Macedonian: фенер (fener)
• → Mazanderani: فنر (fenar)
• → Persian: فنر (fanar), فنار (fanâr)
• → Romanian: fanar, fener, fânar, fănar
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: фѐњер

  Latin script: fènjer

Further reading

• Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886) “فنار”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 429
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “fener”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1559
• Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “فنر”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎^[2], Vienna: F. Beck, page 346b
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “فنار”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[3], Constantinople: Mihran, page 911
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Laterna”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[4], Vienna, column 919
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “فنر”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[5], Vienna, column 3551
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “fener”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “فنار”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[6], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1397

Persian

Noun

فنار • (fanâr) (plural فنرها)

1. Alternative form of فنر (fanar)