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Form 1نَارَ3 senses

Core sense — it gave light, it shone; I made a mark upon the camel with a hot irongenerated

1.1

Intransitive, in the sense of أَنَارَ: see that word, in two places.

1.2

نَارُوا النَّارَ: see form 5.

1.3figurative · مجازI made a mark on the camel with a hot iron—نُرْتُ البَعِيرَ

See نَارٌ.

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intrans., in the sense of أَنَارَ : see the latter, in two places. نَارُوا النَّارَ : see 5. نُرْتُ البَعِيرَ I made a mark upon the camel with a hot iron. (M, K.) See نَارٌ .
Form 2نوّر7 senses · 4 main
maṣdarتَنْوِيرٌ

Core sense — it gave light, he made it give light; it blossomed, or floweredgenerated

2.1

Intransitive, in the sense of أَنَارَ from النُّورُ: see form 4, in two places.

2.1.1figurative · مجازhe performed the prayer of daybreak when the dawn had become light—نوّر بِالفَجْرِ

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Or: when the horizon had become bright.

تَنْوِيرُ الفَجْرِ without بِ is an amplification.

تَنْوِيرٌ, as a noun from this verb: see below.

2.2

نوّر, transitive, in the sense of أَنَارَ from النُّورُ: see form 4, in three places.

2.3it blossomed, or flowered—نوّر

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Said of a tree or a plant: it put forth its نَوْر.

Also أَنَارَ, originally أَنْوَرَ.

See also form 4.

2.3.1

Said of seed-produce: it attained to maturity. [See an example in a verse cited in the article سمو, form 3.]

تَنْوِيرٌ, the maṣdar of the verb in this sense, has a plural تَنَاوِيرُ.

2.4he smeared him, or it, with نُورَة—نوّرهُ
2.4.1he pricked his fore-arm with a needle and then sprinkled نَوُور on it—نوّر ذِرَاعَهُ

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, intrans., in the sense of أَنَارَ , from النُّورُ : see 4, in two places. نوّر بِالفَجْرِ , (Mgh, Msb,) inf. n. تَنْوِيرٌ , (Msb,) He performed the prayer of daybreak when the dawn had become light (Mgh, Msb:) or when the horizon had become bright: (TA:) تَنْوِيرُ الفَجْرِ , without بِ is an amplification. (Mgh.) تَنْوِيرٌ as a subst. from this verb, see below. نوّر , trans. in the sense of أَنَارَ , from النُّورُ : see 4. in three places. نوّر , (S, A, Msb, K.) inf. n. تَنْوِيرٌ , (S, K,) It (a tree. S, A, Msb, K, and a plant, Msb) blossomed, or flowered it put forth its نَوْر ; (S, A, Msb, K;) as also أَنَارَ , (S, Msb, K,) originally أَنْوَرَ , (TA,) See also 4. It (seed-produce) attained to maturity: (K:) [see an ex. in a verse cited in art. سمو , conj. 3:] تَنْوِيرٌ , the inf. n. of the verb in this sense, has a pl. تَنَاوِيرُ . (TA.) نوّرهُ He smeared him or it with نُورَة . (Mgh, Msb.) نوّر ذِرَاعَهُ , (S, K,) inf. n. تَنْوِيرٌ , (TA,) He pricked his fore-arm with a needle, and then sprinkled نَوُور , [q. v.] upon it. (S, K.)
Form 4انار10 senses · 4 main
maṣdarإِنَارَةٌ نَوْرٌmuḍāriʿيَنُورُ تَنُورُ

Core sense — it gave light, it shone; he made it give light; he elucidated itgenerated

4.1

. It (a thing) gave light, shone, or shone brightly.

Also نوّر, maṣdar تَنْوِيرٌ, استنار, and نَارَ, or نُورٌ, or نِيَارٌ, and تنوّر.

نوّر, انار, and استنار, said of the dawn, mean the same; or: its light appeared.

4.1.1sedition, or discord, or the like, happened and spread—نَارَتِ الفِتْنَةُ

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4.1.2it became beautiful; and it became apparent—انار

Also أَنْوَرَ, which is the original form. Said of a plant.

the tree became beautiful in its verdure—أَنْوَرَتِ الشَّجَرَةُ

Or, as some say: it put forth its blossoms or flowers.

on this sense See also form 2.

4.2he made it give light, or shine brightly—انار

Also نوّر.

التَّنْوِيرُ and الإِنَارَةُ mean the same.

he made the lamp give light, or become bright—انار السِّرَاجَ

Also نوّرهُ and نوّر المِصْبَاحَ.

4.2.1he lit the place, that is, put light [or a light] in it—انار المَكَانَ
4.2.2figurative · مجازhe made it clear, apparent, conspicuous, or evident—انارهُ

Also نورّهُ.

4.2.3figurative · مجازGod taught him, or dictated to him, his proof—انار ٱللّٰهُ بُرْهَانَهُ

See form 4, first meaning.

4.3they looked at the fire, or tried to see it, from afar—تنورّوا النَّارَ مِنْ بِعِيدٍ

Also نَارُوهَا; explained by تَبَصَّرُوهَا.

he looked at the fire, or tried to see it, and went towards it—تنوّر النَّارَ

Or: he came to the fire; it has this meaning as well as the first.

Explained by تَبَصَّرَهَا.

4.3.1he looked at the man by a fire, from where the man did not see him—تنوّر الرَّجُلَ
he looked at the woman by a fire, from where she did not see him—المَرْأَةَ

He stood in the dark to see the man, or the woman, by the light of their fire, without their seeing him.

تَنَوُّرٌ is like تَضَوُّؤٌ.

4.4

See also form 8.

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, (inf. n. إِنَارَةٌ , Msb,) It (a thing) (S, Msb) gave light; or shone; or shone brightly; (S, A, * Msb, K; *) as also نوّر , (Lh, S, * A, Msb, K,) inf. n. تَنْوِيرٌ ; (S, Msb;) and استنار ; (S, A, Msb, K;) and نَارَ , (A, Msb, K,) aor. يَنُورُ , (Msb,) inf. n. نَوْرٌ , (K, TA,) or نُورٌ , (as in a copy of the A,) or نِيَارٌ : (Msb;) and تنوّر : (K:) نوّر (S, * Mgh, Msb, K) and انار (Mgh, Msb) and استنار , (Msb,) said of the dawn, signify as above; (Mgh, Msb;) or its light appeared. (S, * K) [Hence,] نَارَتِ الفِتْنَةُ , aor. تَنُورُ , Sedition, or discord, or the like, happened and spread. (Msb.) [Hence also,] انار and أَنْوَرَ , (K.) the latter being the original form; said of a plant; (TA;) It became beautiful: and it became apparent. (K, TA.) And أَنْوَرَتِ الشَّجَرَةُ The tree became beautiful in its verdure: or, as some say, put forth its blossoms or flowers. (TA.) See also 2. انار and نوّر He made to give light; to shine; or to shine brightly. (Msb.) التَّنْوِيرُ and الإِنَارَةُ signify the same. (S.) You say, انار السِّرَاجَ , and نوّرهُ , (A,) and نوّر المِصْبَاحَ , (Msb,) He made the lamp to give light; or to become bright. (Msb.) انار المَكَانَ He illumined, or lighted, the place; (K;) i. e., put light [or a light] in it. (TA.) [Hence,] انارهُ He elucidated it; rendered it apparent or plainly apparent, conspicuous, manifest, or evident; (TA;) as also نورّهُ . (A, TA. *) And hence, انار ٱللّٰهُ بُرْهَانَهُ God taught him, or dictated to him, his proof. (TA.) 7:17 AM 30/01/035: see 4, first signification. تنورّوا النَّارَ مِنْ بِعِيدٍ , (S, K,) and نَارُوهَا , (K,) They looked at the fire, or endeavoured to see it ( تَبَصَّرُوهَا ,) from afar: (S, K:) or تنوّر النَّارَ he looked at the fire, or endeavoured to see it, ( تَبَصَّرَهَا ) and repaired towards it: (A:) or he came to the fire: it has this signification as well as the first. (TA.) تنوّر الرَّجُلَ , and المَرْأَةَ , He looked at the man, and the woman, at or by a fire, from a place where the latter did not see him; he stood in the dark to see the man, and the woman, by the light of the latter's fire, without the latter's seeing him; تَنَوُّرٌ being like تَضَوُّؤٌ . (TA.) See also 8.
Form 8انتار1 sense

Core sense — he smeared himself with a depilatory of quick limegenerated

8.1

Imperative إِنْتَرْ; and إِنْتَوَرَ, imperative إِنْتَوِرْ; and تنوّر; or only انتار and انتور, not تنوّر; or some say انتار [implying that most say تنوّر].

He smeared himself with نُورَة.

That word is explained differently in the different lexicons, so that these verbs are made to carry different meanings in different lexicons.

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, (Th, T, S, M, K,) imp. إِنْتَرْ ; (T;) and إِنْتَوَرَ , (T, K,) imp. إِنْتَوِرْ ; (T;) and تنوّر ; (S, M, A, Mgh, Msb, K;) or only انتار and انتور ; not تنوّر ; (T;) or some say انتار ; [implying that most say تنوّر ;] (S;) He smeared himself with نُورَة [which is differently explained in the lexicons, so that these verbs are made to bear different meanings by different lexicons]. (Th, T, S, M, A, Mgh, Msb, K.)
Form 10إِسْتَنْوَرَ2 senses

Core sense — it gave light, it shone; he sought the aid of its lightgenerated

10.1

See form 4, first meaning.

10.2he sought the aid of its light, or of its rays—استنار بِهِ
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see 4, first signification. استنار بِهِ He sought the aid of its light: (TA:) or of its rays. (M, K.)

Derived nouns 16

Nounنَارٌ7 senses · 1 main

Core sense — fire; heat; any brand, or mark, made with a hot iron upon a camelgenerated

1the fire of hell—النَّارُ

A word whose meaning is well known: [Fire; not well explained as signifying] the flaming, or blazing, that is apparent to the senses.

Its ا is originally نُوَيْرَةٌ. It is feminine, and sometimes masculine.

The diminutive is أَنْوَارٌ, with و because that is the original medial radical, and with ة because نار is feminine.

Plural [of paucity] أَنْوُرٌ; in the K أَنْوَارٌ, which is a mistake, though this too is said to be a plural of نار; and [of multitude] نِيرَانٌ, which is the commonest form, and نُورٌ, نِيَرَةٌ, and نِيَارٌ.

أَنْيَارٌ also occurs, in the phrase نَارُ الأَنْيَارِ, in a tradition about the prison of hell; this phrase, if correctly related, perhaps means نَارُ النِّيِرَانِ, انيار being originally أَنْوَار.

[May God make their abode distant, and kindle a fire after them!]—أَبْعَدَ ٱللّٰهُ دَارَهُمْ وَأَوْقَدَ نَارًا أَثَرَهُمْ

The Arabs say this in cursing their enemies.

on this sense It was a custom of Arab women, as related by IAar on the authority of El-'Okeyleeyeh, when they feared evil from a man and he moved away from them, to kindle a fire behind him, so that his evil should depart with him.

1.1a fire the Arabs kindled, in the time of ignorance, on entering a confederacy—نَارُ ٱلْمُهَوِّلِ

They threw salt into it, which crackled when the fire burned it; with this they frightened [one another] in confirmation of the oath.

1.2

نَارُ الحُبَاحِبِ has been explained in the article حب.

1.3heat—نَارٌ
1.4figurative · مجاز[He kindled the fire of war]—أَوْقَدَ نَارَ الحَرْبِ

Also [the fire, meaning] evil, and excitement, rage, or war; also نَائِرَةٌ.

1.5figurative · مجازDo not seek to enlighten yourselves by the counsel of the polytheists—لَا تَسْتَضِيؤُوا بِنَارِ المُشْرِكِينَ

Also opinion, counsel, or advice.

So in the tradition; also read بنار أَهْلِ الشِّرْكِ. That is: do not seek counsel of the polytheists.

1.6figurative · مجازwhat is the brand of this she-camel, with which she is burned?—مَا نَارُ هٰذِهِ النَّاقَةِ

Also any brand, or mark, made with a hot iron upon a camel; also نُورَةٌ and نُورٌ, plural as above; or the plural is نِيَارٌ, and the plural of the نار that burns is نِيرَانٌ.

their origin is shown by the brand with which they are burned—بِجَارُهَا نَارُهَا

This is said as a proverb.

The Rájiz says: [Until, or so that, they watered their camels because of the brand that they bore: for the fire, or the brand, sometimes cures the heat of thirst]

shāhid
حَتَّى سَقَوْا آبَالَهُمْ بِالنَّارِوَالنَّارُ قَدْ تَشْفِى مِنَ الأُوَارِ

He means that when they saw the marks with which they were burned, they left the water to them.

For another reading of this verse, see بِ.

See also نَجْرٌ.

Qur’ānic occurrences نَار 5 shown of 138
85:5
ٱلنَّارِ ذَاتِ ٱلْوَقُودِ

Fire supplied (abundantly) with fuel:

88:4
تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً

The while they enter the Blazing Fire,-

90:20
عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ

On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round).

101:11
نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ

(It is) a Fire Blazing fiercely!

104:6
نَارُ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُوقَدَةُ

(It is) the Fire of (the Wrath of) Allah kindled (to a blaze),

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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a word of which the meaning is well known; (M, K;) [Fire; not well explained as signifying] the flaming, or blazing, ( لَهِيب ,) that is apparent to the sense: (TA:) its ا is originally نُوَيْرَةٌ : (S, TA:) it is fem.: (S, M, Msb:) and sometimes masc.: (AHn, M, K:) and the dim. is أَنْوَارٌ , with و because it is the original medial radical, (S,) and with ة because نار is fem.: (Msb:) pl. [of pauc.] أَنْوُرٌ , (S, M, L,) in the K أَنْوَارٌ , [which is a mistake, though this is also said to be a pl. of نار ,] (TA,) and [of mult.] نِيرَانٌ [which is the most common form] (S, M, K) and نُورٌ (AAF, S, M, Msb, K) and نِيَرَةٌ and نِيَارٌ , (M, K,) and أَنْيَارٌ also occurs, in the phrase نَارُ الأَنْيَارِ , in a trad. respecting the prison of hell; this phrase, if correctly related, perhaps meaning نَارُ النِّيِرَانِ , and انيار being originally أَنْوَار . (IAth.) النَّارُ is also applied to The fire of hell. (TA:) The Arabs say, in cursing their enemies, أَبْعَدَ ٱللّٰهُ دَارَهُمْ وَأَوْقَدَ نَارًا أَثَرَهُمْ [May God make their abode distant, and kindle a fire after them!] And it was a custom of Arab women, as related by IAar, on the authority of El-'Okeyleeyeh, when they feared evil from a man, and he removed from them, to kindle a fire behind him, with the view of causing his evil to depart with him. (T.) نَارُ ٱلْمُهَوِّلِ A fire which the Arabs used to kindle, in the time of ignorance, on the occasion of entering into a confederacy: they threw into it some salt, which crackled ( يُفَقِّعُ ) when the fire burned it: with this they frightened [one another] in confirmation of the swearing. (T.) نَارُ الحُبَاحِبِ has been explained in art. حب . نَارٌ also signifies simply Heat. (TA.) Also, [The fire, meaning] the evil, and excitement, or rage, or war; as also نَائِرَةٌ . (TA.) You say, أَوْقَدَ نَارَ الحَرْبِ [He kindled the fire of war]. (A.) Also, Opinion; counsel; advice. (IAar, T, K.) So in the trad., لَا تَسْتَضِيؤُوا بِنَارِ المُشْرِكِينَ , (T,) or بنار أَهْلِ الشِّرْكِ , (K,) [Seek ye not to enlighten yourselves by the counsel of the polytheists; i. e.,] seek ye not counsel of the polytheists. (IAar, T, A. *) Also, Any brand, or mark, made with a hot iron, upon a camel; (As, T, S, M, A, K;) as also نُورَةٌ (M, K) and نُورٌ : (TA:) pl. as above: (M:) or the pl. is نِيَارٌ , and the pl. of the نار that burns is نِيرَانٌ . (IAar, Th, T.) The Arabs say, مَا نَارُ هٰذِهِ النَّاقَةِ What is the brand, or mark, of this she-camel, with which she is burned? (T, S, A. *) And they say, in a proverb, بِجَارُهَا نَارُهَا (T, S) Their origin is indicated by their mark with which they are burned. (T.) The Rájiz says, 1 [Until, or so that, they watered their camels because of the brand that they bore: for the fire, or the brand, sometimes cures of the heat of thirst]: (T, S: *) he means, that, when they saw their marks with which they were burned, they left the water to them. (S. For another reading of this verse, see بِ .) See also نَجْرٌ . حَتَّى سَقَوْا آبَالَهُمْ بِالنَّارِ | وَالنَّارُ قَدْ تَشْفِى مِنَ الأُوَارِ
Nounنَوْرٌ1 sense

Core sense — blossoms, or flowers, of a tree or of a plant; white blossomsgenerated

1

Blossoms, or flowers, of a tree or of a plant: or white blossoms or flowers, the yellow being called زَهْرٌ, because they become white and then become yellow.

نَوْرَةٌ and نُوَّارٌ mean the same as نَوْرٌ; or [rather] نَوْرٌ and نُوَّارٌ mean the same; but the former is often used as a generic noun, meaning a kind of blossom or flower, though both are collective generic nouns.

نَوْرَةٌ is the ism waḥda of نَوْرٌ, as تَمْرَةٌ is of تَمْرٌ; and نُوَّارَةٌ is the ism waḥda of نُوَّارٌ; and the plural of نَوْرٌ is أَنْوَارٌ.

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Blossoms, or flowers, (M, Msb, K,) of a tree, and of a plant: (Msb:) or white blossoms or flowers; the yellow being called زَهْرٌ ; (M, K;) for they become white, and then become yellow: (M:) and نَوْرَةٌ and نُوَّارٌ signify the same as نَوْرٌ : (M, K:) or [rather] نَوْرٌ and نُوَّارٌ signify the same; (S, Msb;) [but the former is often used as a generic n., signifying a kind of blossom or flower: though both are coll. gen. ns.;] and نَوْرَةٌ is the n. un. of نَوْرٌ , like as تَمْرَةٌ is of تَمْرٌ ; (Msb;) and نُوَّارَةٌ is the n. un. of نُوَّارٌ : (S, M, L:) and the pl. of نَوْرٌ is أَنْوَارٌ . (M, Msb, K.)
Nounنُورٌ5 senses · 1 main

Core sense — light, brightness; that which manifests things and shows their true stategenerated

1[Wait for us, that we may take of your light]—اُنْظُرُونَا نَقْتَبِسْ مِنْ نُورِكُمْ

Light; the same as ضِيَآءٌ, or ضَوْءٌ, whatever it be; the opposite of ظُلْمَةٌ: or its rays.

According to Z, ضِيَآءٌ [with which ضَوْءٌ is synonymous] is more intense than نُورٌ.

In the Qur'ān 10:5 the sun is called ضياء and the moon نور; and it is said that ضياء is essential, while نور is accidental [light].

It is of two kinds: the light of the present world and that of the world to come. The former is either perceived by the eye — what diffuses itself from luminous bodies, as the sun and moon and stars, mentioned in the Qur'ān 10:5, referred to above — or perceived by the eye of the intellect, what diffuses itself of the divine lights, as the light of reason and the light of the Qur'ān. Of this divine light mention is made in the Qur'ān 5, former part of verse 18, and 24, latter part of verse 35; and both kinds together are spoken of in 6:1 and 39:69. That of the world to come is mentioned in 57:12 [and 66:8].

The plural is أَنْوَارٌ and نِيرَانٌ, the latter mentioned by Th; and نَوْرَانيَّةٌ means the same as نُورٌ.

Because نور is a convenience of the pious in the present world and the world to come, it is said in the Qur'ān [57:13]:

[See also ظُلَمْةٌ.]

1.1

It is also applied to Mohammad; Aboo-Is-hak says it is so applied in the Qur'ān 5:18.

1.2figurative · مجاز

That which makes things manifest and shows the eyes their true, or real, state.

So النُّور is applied in the Qur'ān 7:156 to that [revelation] which the Prophet brought.

1.3God is the enlightener of the heavens and of the earth—أَللّٰهُ نُورُ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ

النُّورُ is also one of the names of God; according to IAth it means: He by whose light the dim of perception sees, and by whose guidance the erring is set right; or the Manifest, by whom every manifestation comes about.

This is in the Qur'ān 24:35; just as فُلَانٌ غِيَاثُنَا means مُغِيثُنَا; or, as some say, the right director of the inhabitants of the heavens and of the inhabitants of the earth.

1.4

See also نَارٌ, last meaning.

Qur’ānic occurrences نُور 5 shown of 33
4:174
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ قَدْ جَآءَكُم بُرْهَـٰنٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَأَنزَلْنَآ إِلَيْكُمْ نُورًا مُّبِينًا

O mankind! verily there hath come to you a convincing proof from your Lord: For We have sent unto you a light (that is) manifest.

35:20
وَلَا ٱلظُّلُمَـٰتُ وَلَا ٱلنُّورُ

Nor are the depths of Darkness and the Light;

61:8
يُرِيدُونَ لِيُطْفِـُٔوا۟ نُورَ ٱللَّهِ بِأَفْوَٰهِهِمْ وَٱللَّهُ مُتِمُّ نُورِهِۦ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ

Their intention is to extinguish Allah's Light (by blowing) with their mouths: But Allah will complete (the revelation of) His Light, even though the Unbelievers may detest (it).

64:8
فَـَٔامِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ وَٱلنُّورِ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنزَلْنَا ۚ وَٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرٌ

Believe, therefore, in Allah and His Messenger, and in the Light which we have sent down. And Allah is well acquainted with all that ye do.

71:16
وَجَعَلَ ٱلْقَمَرَ فِيهِنَّ نُورًا وَجَعَلَ ٱلشَّمْسَ سِرَاجًا

"'And made the moon a light in their midst, and made the sun as a (Glorious) Lamp?

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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Light; syn. ضِيَآءٌ , (S,) or ضَوْءٌ ; (M, A, Msb, K;) whatever it be; (M, A, K;) contr. of ظُلْمَةٌ : (Msb:) or the rays thereof: (M, A, K:) accord to Z, ضِيَآءٌ [with which ضَوْءٌ is syn.] is more intense than نُورٌ : in the Kur, x. 5, the sun is termed ضياء , and the moon نور : and it is said that ضياء is essential, but نور is accidental [light]: (TA:) it is of two kinds, the light of the present world and that of the world to come; and the former is either perceived sensibly, by the eye, and this is what diffuses itself from luminous bodies, as the sun and moon and stars, and is mentioned in the Kur, x. 5, referred to above; or perceived by the eye of the intellect, and this is what diffuses itself of the divine lights, as the light of reason and the light of the Kur-án; of which divine light mention is made in the Kur, v., former part of verse 18, and xxiv., latter part of verse 35; and both of these in common are spoken of in the Kur, vi. 1 and xxxix. 69: that of the world to come is mentioned in the Kur in lvii. 12 [and lxvi. 8]: (B:) the pl. is أَنْوَارٌ (S, M, Msb, K) and نِيرَانٌ ; (M, K;) the latter mentioned by Th: (M:) and نَوْرَانيَّةٌ signifies the same as نُورٌ . (TA.) As نور is a convenience of the pious in the present world and the world to come, it is said in the Kur, [lvii. 13,] اُنْظُرُونَا نَقْتَبِسْ مِنْ نُورِكُمْ [Wait ye for us that we may take of your light]. (B.) [See also ظُلَمْةٌ .] It is also applied to Mohammad: (T, M, K:) it is said by Aboo-Is-hak to be so applied in the Kur, v. 18. (T.) And That which manifests things, (K, TA,) and shows to the eyes their true or real state: and therefore النُّور is applied in the Kur, vii. 156, to that [revelation] which the Prophet brought. (TA.) النُّورُ is also one of the names of God; meaning, accord. to IAth, He by whose light the obscure in perception sees, and by whose guidance the erring is directed aright: or the Manifest, by whom is every manifestation. And أَللّٰهُ نُورُ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ [in the Kur, xxiv. 35,] means God is the enlightener of the heavens and of the earth: like as فُلَانٌ غِيَاثُنَا means مُغِيثُنَا : (TA:) or, as some say, the right director of the inhabitants of the heavens and of the inhabitants of the earth. (T.) See also نَارٌ , last signification.
Nounنَوْرَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a single blossom, or flowergenerated

1

See نَوْرٌ.

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Nounنُورَةٌ2 senses

Core sense — quick-lime; a depilatory of lime used for removing hairgenerated

1

See نَارٌ, last meaning.

2

The same as هِنَآءٌ [a word well known to mean tar, or liquid pitch, or a kind of it; but I do not know this meaning as applying to نُورَةٌ, nor, apparently, did SM, for he has made it the same as what follows next, from the T].

Or a kind of stone burned and made into كِلْس [or quick-lime] and used as a depilatory for the pubes.

Or lime-stone, the same as حَجَرُ الكِلْسِ; and by a secondary and now predominant use, a mixture of quick lime with arsenic, or orpiment, and other things, used for removing hair.

[A depilatory made of quick lime with a small proportion, about an eighth part, of orpiment: it is made into a paste with water before use, and loosens the hair in about two minutes, after which it is washed off at once: so it is made at the present day.]

Some say it is an Arabic word; others, that it is arabicized. See form 8.

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: see نَارٌ , last signification. I. q. هِنَآءٌ [a word well known to mean Tar, or liquid pitch, or a kind thereof; but I do not know this signification as applying to نُورَةٌ , nor, app., did SM, for he has made it to be the same with that which here next follows, from the T]. (M, K:) or a kind of stone burned and made into كِلْس [or quick-lime] and used as a depilatory for the pubes: (T:) or lime-stone; syn. حَجَرُ الكِلْسِ : and by a secondary and predominant application, a mixture of quick lime ( كلس ) with arsenic, or orpiment, ( زِرْنِيخ ,) and other things, used for removing hair: (Msb:) [a depilatory composed of quick lime with a small proportion (about an eighth part) of orpiment: it is made into a paste with water, before application; and loosens the hair in about two minutes; after which it is immediately washed off: thus made in the present day:] some say that it is an Arabic word; and others, that it is arabicized. (Msb) See 8.
Nounنَوْرَانِيَّةٌ1 sense

Core sense — luminousness, the quality of giving lightgenerated

1

See نُورٌ.

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Nounنَيِّرٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — giving light, shining, bright; beautiful in colour and brightgenerated

1

Giving light, shining, bright, or shining brightly; also مُنِيرٌ and مُسْتَنِيرٌ [and نَائِرٌ].

1.1he was beautiful and bright in the colour [of what was unclad] of his body—كَانَ أَنْوَرَ المُتَجَرَّدِ

Beautiful in colour, and bright; also مُنِيرٌ and أَنْوَرُ, or the last means [simply] beautiful, or conspicuous and beautiful.

Said of Mohammad.

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Giving light, shining, bright, or shining brightly; (A, Msb;) as also مُنِيرٌ and مُسْتَنِيرٌ (A) [and نَائِرٌ .] Beautiful in colour, and bright; as also مُنِيرٌ and أَنْوَرُ : (TA:) or the last signifies [simply] beautiful; (K;) or conspicuous and beautiful. (TA.) It is said of Mohammad. كَانَ أَنْوَرَ المُتَجَرَّدِ : He was beautiful and bright in the colour [of what was unclad] of his body. (TA.)
Nounنَوُورٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — lamp-black, or smoke-black, used for tattooinggenerated

1

Or نَؤُورٌ, or both, the former being the original form.

The same as نِيلَجٌ [that is, indigo-pigment]; or نِيلَنْجٌ [which appears from what follows to be the right reading, though both نيلج and نيلنج are used at the present day for the purpose described in explanations of نوور, to give a greenish colour to the marks made in tattooing].

That is, the smoke [meaning the smoke-black] of fat, which adheres to the طَسْت with which the punctures made in tattooing are dressed, or filled in, so that they become green; or with which the women of the Arabs of the time of ignorance tattooed themselves: the same as غُنْجٌ [q.v.].

Or, according to Lth, the smoke [or smoke-black] of the wick, used as a collyrium or for tattooing; but, [says Az,] I have not heard that the women of the Arabs used this as a collyrium either in the time of ignorance or in the time of El-Islám; their using it for tattooing, however, is mentioned in their poems.

Or lamp-black; the black pigment prepared from the smoke of the lamp, used for tattooing.

1.1

Also a kind of small stone, resembling إِثْمِد, which is bruised, or brayed, and then taken up as medicine is taken up by the lip.

The same is found in the K, except that there the explanation is less full and اللِّثَةُ is put in place of الشَّفَةُ, the reading in the M.

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, (S, Msb, and so in some copies of the K,) or نَؤُورٌ , (T, M, and so in some copies of the K,) or both, the former being the original form, (S, TA,) i. q. نِيلَجٌ [i. e. Indigo-pigment]; (S, K;) or نِيلَنْجٌ ; [which appears from what follows to be the right reading, though both نيلج and نيلنج are used in the present day for the purpose described in explanations of نوور , to give a greenish colour to the marks made in tatooing;] (Msb;) i. e., (so accord. to the S and Msb; but in the K, and) the smoke [meaning the smokeblack] of fat, (IAar, T, S, M, Msb, K,) that adheres to the طَسْت , (IAar, T,) with which the punctures made in tatooing are dressed, (S, Msb,) or filled in, (M,) that they may become green; (S, Msb;) or with which the women of the Arabs of the time of ignorance tattooed themselves: (T:) i. q. غُنْجٌ [q v.]; (IAar, T:) or, accord. to to Lth, the smoke [or smoke-black] of the wick, used as a collyrium or for tatooing; but, [says Az,] I have not heard that the women of the Arabs used this as a collyrium in the time of ignorance nor in the time of El-Islám; their using it for tatooing, however, is mentioned in their poems: (T:) or lamp-black; the black pigment ( نِقْس ) prepared from the smoke of the lamp; used for tattooing. (Comm. on the Mo'allakát, printed at Calcutta, p. 143.) Also, A kind of small stone, resembling إِثْمِد , which is bruised, or brayed, and then taken up, like as medicine is by the lip. (M.) [The same is found in the K, excepting that, in this latter lexicon, the explanation is less full, and اللِّثَةُ is substituted for الشَّفَةُ , the reading in the M.
Nounنُوَّارٌ1 sense

Core sense — blossoms, or flowersgenerated

1

And نُوَّارَةٌ: see نَوْرٌ.

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and نُوَّارَةٌ : see نَوْرٌ .
Nounنَائِرٌ5 senses · 2 main

Core sense — apparent, manifest; sedition, or discord, happening and spreading; enmity, or violent hatredgenerated

1

See نَيِّرٌ.

1.1figurative · مجاز

Apparent, or plainly apparent, conspicuous, manifest, or evident; also مُنِيرٌ.

This is how the feminine plural of each of these is explained.

1.2sedition, or discord, or the like, happening and spreading—فِتْنَةٌ نَائِرَةٌ
1.3sedition, or discord, or the like; also rancour, spite, enmity, and violent hatred—نَائِرَةٌ

Or: sedition, or discord, or the like, happening.

See also نَارٌ.

I worked at stilling the sedition, or discord, or the like—سَعَيْتُ فِى إِطْفَآءِ النَّائِرَةِ
between them is enmity, or hatred, and violent hatred—بَيْنَهُمْ نَائِرَةٌ
2

One who stirs up evils among men.

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: see نَيِّرٌ . Apparent or plainly apparent. conspicuous, manifest, or evident; as also مُنِيرٌ . (Thus the pl. fem. of each of these is explained in the TA.) فِتْنَةٌ نَائِرَةٌ Sedition, or discord, or the like, happening and spreading. (Msb.) And نَائِرَةٌ alone, Sedition, or discord, or the like: (Msb:) or sedition, or discord, or the like, happening: (TA:) and rancour, malevolence, or spite. (T:) enmity, or hostility, (T, S, A, Msb,) and violent hatred. (S, A, Msb.) See also نَارٌ . You say, سَعَيْتُ فِى إِطْفَآءِ النَّائِرَةِ I laboured in stilling the sedition, or discord, or the like. (Msb.) And بَيْنَهُمْ نَائِرَةٌ Between them is enmity, or hatred, and violent hatred. (A, Msb.) One who occasions evils among men. (T.)
Nounانْوَرُ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — lighter, or brighter, than anothergenerated

1

See نَيِّرٌ, in two places.

1.1[This is lighter, or brighter, than that]—ذَا أَنْورُ مِنْ ذَاكَ
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: see نَيِّرٌ , in two places. ذَا أَنْورُ مِنْ ذَاكَ [This is lighter, or brighter, than that], (TA.)
Nounتَنْوِيرٌ1 sense

Core sense — the time when the dawn shines, or becomes lightgenerated

1he performed the prayer of daybreak when the dawn had become light—صَلَّى الفَجْرَ فِى التَّنْوِيرِ

The time when the dawn shines, or becomes light.

See also form 2.

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The time when the dawn shines, or becomes light. (T, Mgh.) You say, صَلَّى الفَجْرَ فِى التَّنْوِيرِ He performed the prayer of daybreak when the dawn shone, or became light. (Mgh.) See also 2.
Nounمَنَارٌ4 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a place of light; a sign set up to show the way; a boundary-markgenerated

1

A place of light [originally مَنْوَرٌ]; also مَنَارَةٌ.

1.1figurative · مجازMay God curse him who alters the marks of the boundary between two lands—لَعَنَ ٱللّٰهُ مَنْ غَيَّرَ مَنَارَ الأَرْضِ

A sign, or mark, set up to show the way; and a thing put as a limit or boundary between two things, or between two lands, made of mud or clay or of earth. Plural مَنَاثِرُ [about which see مَنَارَةٌ].

It is also used as a collective generic noun, as in this tradition.

Or it may mean مَنَارَ الحَرَمِ, the boundary-marks of the Haram [the sacred territory of Mekkeh], which are said to have been set up by Abraham.

El-Islám has signs and ordinances by which it is known—إِنَّ لِلْإِسْلَامِ صُوًى وَمَنَارًا

Said in another tradition.

1.2

See also صَوْمَعَةٌ.

1.3

The middle, or main part and middle, of a road; the part along which one travels.

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[originally مَنْوَرٌ ] A place of light; as also مَنَارَةٌ . (M. K.) A sign, or mark, set up to show the way: (As, T, S, M, K:) and a thing that is put as a limit or boundary between two things; (M, K;) or between two lands, (As, T,) made of mud or clay or of earth: (As, TA:) pl. مَنَاثِرُ [respecting which see مَنَارَةٌ ]. (A.) It is [also used as a coll. gen. n.; as, for instance, where it is] said, in a trad., لَعَنَ ٱللّٰهُ مَنْ غَيَّرَ مَنَارَ الأَرْضِ May God curse him who alters the marks of the limit between two lands: (T, TA:) or it may mean مَنَارَ الحَرَمِ the boundary-marks of the Haram [or sacred territory of Mekkeh], which [it is said] were set up by Abraham. (T, TA. *) And it is said in another trad, إِنَّ لِلْإِسْلَامِ صُوًى وَمَنَارًا Verily there are to El-Islám signs and ordinances whereby it is known. (TA.) See also صَوْمَعَةٌ . The middle, or main part and middle, or part along which one travels, ( مَحَجَّة ,) of a road. (M, K.)
Nounمُنِيرٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — giving light, shining, brightgenerated

1

See نَيِّرٌ, in two places.

1.1

See also نَائِرٌ.

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: see نَيِّرٌ , in two places. See also نَائِرٌ .
Nounمَنَارَةٌ8 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a stand for a lamp; the turret of a mosque, a minaret; a lighthousegenerated

1

Originally مَنْوَرَةٌ: see مَنَارٌ.

1.1

A stand for a lamp; a thing on which a lamp is put.

Of the measure مَفْعَلَةٌ, with fet-h to the م, though by rule it should be with kesr, because it denotes an instrument.

Aboo-Dhu-eyb uses it, for the sake of the metre, in place of مِصْبَاح, when he likens a bright spear-head, free of rust, to a lamp.

1.2

Also a candle having a سِرَاج [or lighted wick].

1.3

[A lighthouse.]

1.4

The menáreh [or turret of a mosque, from which the English word “minaret” comes, so written in imitation of the Turkish pronunciation], from which the time of prayer is proclaimed; the same as مِئْذَنَةٌ, in common speech مَأَذَنَةٌ [the form given in the CK].

1.5

Any pillar-like structure.

1.6

The perch of a hawk, or falcon.

1.7

The plural is مَنَاوِرُ and مَنَائِرُ; one who uses the latter treats the radical letter like an augmentative letter, as they say مَصَائِبُ, which is originally مَصَاوِبُ.

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, originally مَنْوَرَةٌ ; (A, K;) see مَنَارٌ . A stand for a lamp; a thing upon which a lamp is put: (T, S, M, A, K;) of the measure مَفْعَلَةٌ . with fet-h (S, Msb) to the م ; (S:) but by rule it should be with kesr, because it is an instrument (Msb.) Aboo-Dhu-eyb uses it, for the sake of metre, in the place of مِصْبَاح , in likening a bright spear-head, without rust, to a lamp. (M.) Also, A candle having a سِرَاج [or lighted wick]. (T.) [A pharos, or lighthouse.] The mená reh [or turret of a mosque, whence the English term “ minaret, ” so written in imitation of the Turkish pronunciation,] upon which the time of prayer is proclaimed; (S, Msb:) syn. مِئْذَنَةٌ , (K, TA,) vulgarly مَأَذَنَةٌ [which is the form given in the CK]. (TA.) [Any pillar-like structure. (See زُرْنُوقٌ .) The perch of a hawk, or falcon. (See مَرْبَأٌ .)] The pl. is مَنَاوِرُ and مَنَائِرُ : he who uses the latter likens the radical letter to the augmentative; (S, Msb, K;) like as they say مَصَائِبُ , which is originally مَصَاوِبُ (S, Msb.)
Nounمُسْتَنِيرٌ1 sense

Core sense — shining, giving light, lit upgenerated

1

See نَيِّرٌ.

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: see نَيِّرٌ .