נור

Arabic

Noun

נור • (nūr) m

  1. Judeo-Arabic spelling of نُور‎ (nūr, “light”)‎‎
    • Genesis 1:3 in Saadia Gaon's Tafsir (circa 10th century)
      ‏ושא אללה אן יכון נור פכאן נור׃‎‎
      wašāʾa llāhu ʾan yakūna nūrun fakāna nūrun.
      And God willed there to be light, and then there was light.

Hebrew
Root
נ־י־ר‎ (n-y-r)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *nūr-, via Aramaic נוּר‎ (“fire”). Cognate with Arabic نُور‎ (nūr, “light”) and نَار‎ (nār, “fire”).

Noun

נוּר • (nur) m (plural indefinite נורים‎, singular construct נור־)

  1. shining fire
    Synonym: אֵשׁ‎ (ésh)
  2. light
    Synonym: אוֹר‎ (ór)

References
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