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. (substandard) lamp, lantern
    Synonyms: نِبْرَاس (nibrās), سِرَاج (sirāj), مِصْبَاح (miṣbāḥ), فَانُوس (fānūs), بَابُور (bābūr)

Declension

Descendants

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 (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

Ottoman Turkish

Noun

فنار (fenar)

  1. Alternative form of فنر (fener)

Persian

Noun

فنار (fanâr) (plural فنرها)

  1. Alternative form of فنر (fanar)
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