عنوان

Arabic

Root
ع ن و (ʕ-n-w)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕun.waːn/
  • (Moroccan) IPA^(key): /ʕun.waːn/

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Noun

عُنْوَان or عِنْوَان • (ʕunwān or ʕinwān) m (plural عَنَاوِين (ʕanāwīn))

1. title (of book) — and "anything that serves as an indication of another thing is called its عُنْوَان (Lane's Lexicon).
2. address

   اُكْتُب لِي إِلَى عُنْوَانِي.

   uktub lī ʔilā ʕunwānī.

   Write to me at my address.

3. index
4. royal signature
5. front
6. beginning
7. pretext
8. manner, method, quality

Declension

Declension of noun عُنْوَان (ʕunwān)‎; عِنْوَان (ʕinwān)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عُنْوَان‎; عِنْوَان ʕunwān‎; ʕinwān	الْعُنْوَان‎; الْعِنْوَان al-ʕunwān‎; al-ʕinwān	عُنْوَان‎; عِنْوَان ʕunwān‎; ʕinwān
Nominative	عُنْوَانٌ‎; عِنْوَانٌ ʕunwānun‎; ʕinwānun	الْعُنْوَانُ‎; الْعِنْوَانُ al-ʕunwānu‎; al-ʕinwānu	عُنْوَانُ‎; عِنْوَانُ ʕunwānu‎; ʕinwānu
Accusative	عُنْوَانًا‎; عِنْوَانًا ʕunwānan‎; ʕinwānan	الْعُنْوَانَ‎; الْعِنْوَانَ al-ʕunwāna‎; al-ʕinwāna	عُنْوَانَ‎; عِنْوَانَ ʕunwāna‎; ʕinwāna
Genitive	عُنْوَانٍ‎; عِنْوَانٍ ʕunwānin‎; ʕinwānin	الْعُنْوَانِ‎; الْعِنْوَانِ al-ʕunwāni‎; al-ʕinwāni	عُنْوَانِ‎; عِنْوَانِ ʕunwāni‎; ʕinwāni
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عُنْوَانَيْن‎; عِنْوَانَيْن ʕunwānayn‎; ʕinwānayn	الْعُنْوَانَيْن‎; الْعِنْوَانَيْن al-ʕunwānayn‎; al-ʕinwānayn	عُنْوَانَيْ‎; عِنْوَانَيْ ʕunwānay‎; ʕinwānay
Nominative	عُنْوَانَانِ‎; عِنْوَانَانِ ʕunwānāni‎; ʕinwānāni	الْعُنْوَانَانِ‎; الْعِنْوَانَانِ al-ʕunwānāni‎; al-ʕinwānāni	عُنْوَانَا‎; عِنْوَانَا ʕunwānā‎; ʕinwānā
Accusative	عُنْوَانَيْنِ‎; عِنْوَانَيْنِ ʕunwānayni‎; ʕinwānayni	الْعُنْوَانَيْنِ‎; الْعِنْوَانَيْنِ al-ʕunwānayni‎; al-ʕinwānayni	عُنْوَانَيْ‎; عِنْوَانَيْ ʕunwānay‎; ʕinwānay
Genitive	عُنْوَانَيْنِ‎; عِنْوَانَيْنِ ʕunwānayni‎; ʕinwānayni	الْعُنْوَانَيْنِ‎; الْعِنْوَانَيْنِ al-ʕunwānayni‎; al-ʕinwānayni	عُنْوَانَيْ‎; عِنْوَانَيْ ʕunwānay‎; ʕinwānay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَنَاوِين ʕanāwīn	الْعَنَاوِين al-ʕanāwīn	عَنَاوِين ʕanāwīn
Nominative	عَنَاوِينُ ʕanāwīnu	الْعَنَاوِينُ al-ʕanāwīnu	عَنَاوِينُ ʕanāwīnu
Accusative	عَنَاوِينَ ʕanāwīna	الْعَنَاوِينَ al-ʕanāwīna	عَنَاوِينَ ʕanāwīna
Genitive	عَنَاوِينَ ʕanāwīna	الْعَنَاوِينِ al-ʕanāwīni	عَنَاوِينِ ʕanāwīni

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: ünvan
• → Ottoman Turkish: عنوان
  • > Turkish: (superseded) unvan, ⇒ ünvan (inherited)
• → Persian: عنوان
  • → Hindustani:

    Urdu: عنوان ('nvān)

  • → Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਅਨਵਾਨ (anavān)

    Shahmukhi script: عنوان (anvān)

• → Swahili: anwani
  • → Iraqw: anwaani
• → Uyghur: ئۇنۋان (unwan)
• → Uzbek: unvon

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “عنوان”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “عنو”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic عُنْوَان (ʕunwān).

Noun

عنوان • (ʿinwān) m (plural عناوين (ʿināwīn))

1. address
2. title

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic عُنْوَان (ʕunwān).

Noun

عنوان • (unvan)

1. title
   • 1927 October, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Nutuk‎^[2], page 501:

     عنوانی خلیفه اولسون ، نه اولورسه اولسون هیچ كمسه بو ملتك مقدراتنده مشاركت صاحبی اوله‌ماز.

     Unvanı halife olsun, ne olursa olsun hiç kimse bu milletin mukadderatında müşareket sahibi olamaz.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

• > Turkish: (superseded) unvan, ⇒ ünvan (inherited)

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic عُنْوَان (ʕunwān).

Pronunciation

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• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔun.ˈwɑːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔʊn.wɑ́ːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔʊn.wɑ́ːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔʊn.wɑ́ːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔun.wɔ́ːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔoɱ.vɒ́ːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔuɱ.vɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading?	unwān
Dari reading?	unwān
Iranian reading?	onvân
Tajik reading?	unvon

Noun

عُنوان • ('onvân) (plural عَناوین ('anâvin) or عُنوان‌ها ('onvân-hâ))

1. title (to a book, article, etc.)
2. title (word of address)
3. pretext, excuse
4. manner, method

Derived terms

• به عنوان (be 'onvân-e)
• عنوان کردن ('onvân kardan)

 

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Urdu: عنوان ('nvān)

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਅਨਵਾਨ (anavān)

  Shahmukhi script: عنوان (anvān)

See also

• سرنامه (sarnâme)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ع ن و
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic عُنْوَان (ʕunwān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕin.waːn/, [ʕɪnˈwæːn], [ʕɪnˈwaːn]
• IPA^(key): /ʕun.waːn/, [ʕʊnˈwæːn], [ʕʊnˈwaːn]

• Audio (Amman)

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Noun

عنوان • (ʕinwān, ʕunwān) m (plural عناوين (ʕanāwīn))

1. address
2. headline, title, heading

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian عنوان ('unvān), itself from Arabic عُنْوَان (ʕunwān).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)ʊn.ʋɑːn/
• (colloquial) IPA^(key): /ən.ʋɑːn/
• Rhymes: -ɑːn
• Hyphenation: عُن‧وان

Noun

عُنْوان • (’unvān) m (formal plural عَناوِین ('anāvīn), Hindi spelling उनवान)

1. title, headline
2. topic
3. preface
4. introduction

References

• “عنوان”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “عنوان”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• “عنوان”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.