عنصر

Arabic

Root
ع ن ص ر‎ (ʕ-n-ṣ-r)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʕun.sˤur/
Audio (file)

Noun

عُنْصُر • (ʕunṣur) m (plural عَنَاصِر‎ (ʕanāṣir))

(also chemistry) element
race
Synonyms: (commoner) عِرْق‎ (ʕirq), (ambiguous) جِنْس‎ (jins)
origin
(chiefly in the plural) member(s) of a group, especially a criminal or militant one

Declension

Declension of noun عُنْصُر (ʕunṣur)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عُنْصُر ʕunṣur	الْعُنْصُر‎ al-ʕunṣur	عُنْصُر ʕunṣur
Nominative	عُنْصُرٌ ʕunṣurun	الْعُنْصُرُ‎ al-ʕunṣuru	عُنْصُرُ ʕunṣuru
Accusative	عُنْصُرًا‎ ʕunṣuran	الْعُنْصُرَ‎ al-ʕunṣura	عُنْصُرَ ʕunṣura
Genitive	عُنْصُرٍ ʕunṣurin	الْعُنْصُرِ‎ al-ʕunṣuri	عُنْصُرِ ʕunṣuri
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عُنْصُرَيْن‎ ʕunṣurayn	الْعُنْصُرَيْن‎ al-ʕunṣurayn	عُنْصُرَيْ‎ ʕunṣuray
Nominative	عُنْصُرَانِ‎ ʕunṣurāni	الْعُنْصُرَانِ‎ al-ʕunṣurāni	عُنْصُرَا‎ ʕunṣurā
Accusative	عُنْصُرَيْنِ‎ ʕunṣurayni	الْعُنْصُرَيْنِ‎ al-ʕunṣurayni	عُنْصُرَيْ‎ ʕunṣuray
Genitive	عُنْصُرَيْنِ‎ ʕunṣurayni	الْعُنْصُرَيْنِ‎ al-ʕunṣurayni	عُنْصُرَيْ‎ ʕunṣuray
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَنَاصِر‎ ʕanāṣir	الْعَنَاصِر‎ al-ʕanāṣir	عَنَاصِر‎ ʕanāṣir
Nominative	عَنَاصِرُ‎ ʕanāṣiru	الْعَنَاصِرُ‎ al-ʕanāṣiru	عَنَاصِرُ‎ ʕanāṣiru
Accusative	عَنَاصِرَ‎ ʕanāṣira	الْعَنَاصِرَ‎ al-ʕanāṣira	عَنَاصِرَ‎ ʕanāṣira
Genitive	عَنَاصِرَ‎ ʕanāṣira	الْعَنَاصِرِ‎ al-ʕanāṣiri	عَنَاصِرِ‎ ʕanāṣiri

Derived terms

عُنْصُرِيّ‎ (ʕunṣuriyy)
عُنْصُرِيّة‎ (ʕunṣuriyya)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: ünsür
→ Malay: unsur
- Indonesian: unsur
→ Ottoman Turkish: عنصر‎ (unsur)
- Turkish: unsur
→ Persian: عنصر‎ ('onsor).
- → Urdu: عنصر‎ (unsur)
→ Uyghur: ئۇنسۇر‎ (unsur)
→ Uzbek: unsur

References

Wehr, Hans (1979), “عنصر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 760

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عُنْصُر‎ (ʕunṣur).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /unsuɾ/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /ʊnsʊɾ/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /onsoɾ/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /unsuɾ/

Noun

عنصر • ('onsor)

(chemistry) element

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ‎ ('unsur), from Arabic عُنْصُر‎ (ʕunṣur).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)ʊn.sʊɾ/

(Deccani) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)ʊn.sʊɾ/
(colloquial) IPA^(key): /ʊn.səɾ/
Rhymes: -ʊɾ, -əɾ

Noun

عُنْصُر • (ʻunṣur) m (plural عَناصِر‎, Hindi spelling उनसुर)

(chemistry) element, essence
element, component, part

References

“عنصر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“عنصر”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.

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