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фонарь

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Kazakh

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Alternative scripts
Arabic فونار
Cyrillic фонарь
Latin fonar

Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian фона́рь (fonárʹ), from Byzantine Greek φανάριον (phanárion, lamp, torch).

Noun

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фонарь (fonar)

  1. lantern, streetlight

Synonyms

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Russian

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 фонарь on Russian Wikipedia
Уличные фонари
Ручной фонарь
Фонарь кабины истребителя

Etymology

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Borrowed from Byzantine Greek φανάριον (phanárion, lamp, torch). Suffix influenced by -а́рь (-árʹ). Compare Modern Greek φανάρι (fanári).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [fɐˈnarʲ]
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Noun

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фона́рь (fonárʹm inan (genitive фонаря́, nominative plural фонари́, genitive plural фонаре́й, relational adjective фона́рный, diminutive фона́рик, augmentative фонари́ще or фона́рище)

  1. lantern, streetlight, streetlamp
  2. flashlight, electric torch, pocket lamp
  3. taillight, taillamp
  4. (colloquial) shiner, black eye
    Synonym: финга́л (fingál)
  5. (aviation) canopy

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Descendants

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References

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “фонарь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

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