فنر

Mazanderani

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish فنار (fenar), from Arabic فَنَار (fanār), from Ancient Greek φανάριον (phanárion). Cognate with Gilaki فنار (fanár, “lantern”).

Noun

فنر (fenar)

1. lantern

Ottoman Turkish

فنر

Alternative forms

• فنار (fenar)

Etymology

From Arabic فَنَار (fanār), from Ancient Greek φανάριον (phanárion).

Noun

فنر • (fener)

1. lantern, a protective case for a flame or light

   Synonym: فانوس (fanus)

2. street lamp, any outdoor light used to illuminate a public area
3. lighthouse, a tower exhibiting a light to guide sailors
4. pinion of a shaft in machinery

Derived terms

• فنرجی (fenerci, “maker or seller of lanterns”)

Descendants

• Turkish: fener
• → Albanian: fener
• → Armenian: ֆանար (fanar)
• → Aromanian: finere f
• → Azerbaijani: fənər
• → Bulgarian: фене́р (fenér)
• → Crimean Tatar: fener
• → Gilaki: فنار (fanár)
• → Macedonian: фенер (fener)
• → Mazanderani: فنر (fenar)
• → Persian: فنر (fanar), فنار (fanâr)
• → Romanian: fanar, fener, fânar, fănar
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: фѐњер

  Latin script: fènjer

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “fener”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1559
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “فنر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 911
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Laterna”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[2], Vienna, column 919
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “فنر”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[3], Vienna, column 3551
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “fener”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “فنر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1397

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [fa.ˈnaɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fä.nǽɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fä.nǽɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [fä.nǽɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [fä.nǽɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [fæ.nǽɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [fä.nǽɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	fanar
Dari reading?	fanar
Iranian reading?	fanar
Tajik reading?	fanar

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish فنار (fenar), from Arabic فَنَار (fanār), from Ancient Greek φανάριον (phanárion).

Alternative forms

• فنار (fanâr)

Noun

فنر • (fanar) (plural فنرها (fanar-hâ))

1. (obsolete) lantern

Etymology 2

Noun

فنر • (fanar) (plural فنرها (fanar-hâ))

1. spring (device made of flexible material)