ناطور

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic נָטוֹרָא / ܢܳܛܘܰܪܐ (nāṭōrā, “watchman”), originally borrowed as a field-guard in agriculture. Doublet of نَاظُور (nāẓūr, “field glasses”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naː.tˤuːr/

Noun

نَاطُور • (nāṭūr) m (plural نَوَاطِير (nawāṭīr))

1. somebody who watches over things, watchman, lookout, caretaker, concierge, storage room guy, warden, janitor, etc.

Declension

Declension of noun نَاطُور (nāṭūr)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَاطُور nāṭūr	النَّاطُور an-nāṭūr	نَاطُور nāṭūr
Nominative	نَاطُورٌ nāṭūrun	النَّاطُورُ an-nāṭūru	نَاطُورُ nāṭūru
Accusative	نَاطُورًا nāṭūran	النَّاطُورَ an-nāṭūra	نَاطُورَ nāṭūra
Genitive	نَاطُورٍ nāṭūrin	النَّاطُورِ an-nāṭūri	نَاطُورِ nāṭūri
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَاطُورَيْن nāṭūrayn	النَّاطُورَيْن an-nāṭūrayn	نَاطُورَيْ nāṭūray
Nominative	نَاطُورَانِ nāṭūrāni	النَّاطُورَانِ an-nāṭūrāni	نَاطُورَا nāṭūrā
Accusative	نَاطُورَيْنِ nāṭūrayni	النَّاطُورَيْنِ an-nāṭūrayni	نَاطُورَيْ nāṭūray
Genitive	نَاطُورَيْنِ nāṭūrayni	النَّاطُورَيْنِ an-nāṭūrayni	نَاطُورَيْ nāṭūray
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَوَاطِير nawāṭīr	النَّوَاطِير an-nawāṭīr	نَوَاطِير nawāṭīr
Nominative	نَوَاطِيرُ nawāṭīru	النَّوَاطِيرُ an-nawāṭīru	نَوَاطِيرُ nawāṭīru
Accusative	نَوَاطِيرَ nawāṭīra	النَّوَاطِيرَ an-nawāṭīra	نَوَاطِيرَ nawāṭīra
Genitive	نَوَاطِيرَ nawāṭīra	النَّوَاطِيرِ an-nawāṭīri	نَوَاطِيرِ nawāṭīri

Related terms

• نَطَرَ (naṭara, “to keep, to watch, to guard”)
• نَاطِر (nāṭir, “watchman”)
• نِطَارَة (niṭāra, “supervision”)

References

• “ناطور” in Almaany
• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “ناطور”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 683
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 138
• Freytag, Georg (1837) “ناطور”, 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 295
• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “ناطور”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎^[3] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, page 1283
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “ناطور”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[4], London: Williams & Norgate, pages 2809–2810
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “ناطور”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 1142
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “ناطور”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[5] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1283