Appendix:Arabic roots/ن و ر

Arabic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *nūr- (“light”).

Root

ن و ر • (n w r)

1. Related to light.

Derived terms

• Form II: نَوَّرَ (nawwara)
  • Verbal noun: تَنْوِير (tanwīr)
  • Active participle: مُنَوِّر (munawwir)
  • Passive participle: مُنَوَّر (munawwar)
• Form III: نَاوَرَ (nāwara)
  • Verbal noun: مُنَاوَرَة (munāwara)
  • Active participle: مُنَاوِر (munāwir)
  • Passive participle: مُنَاوَر (munāwar)
• Form IV: أَنَارَ (ʔanāra)
  • Verbal noun: إِنَارَة (ʔināra)
  • Active participle: مُنِير (munīr)
  • Passive participle: مُنَار (munār)
• Form V: تَنَوَّرَ (tanawwara)
  • Verbal noun: تَنَوُّر (tanawwur)
  • Active participle: مُتَنَوِّر (mutanawwir)
• Form X: اِسْتَنَارَ (istanāra)
  • Verbal noun: اِسْتِنَارَة (istināra)
  • Active participle: مُسْتَنِير (mustanīr)
  • Passive participle: مُسْتَنَار (mustanār)

• نُور (nūr, “light”)
• مَنَارَة (manāra, “lighthouse”)
• مَنَار (manār, “lighthouse”)
• نَار (nār, “fire”)
• نَيِّر (nayyir, “bright, luminous”)

See also

• ض و ء (ḍ-w-ʔ)