عنوان

Arabic

Root
ع ن و (ʕ n w)
1 term

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕun.waːn/

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

• Audio:

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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
• → Chagatai: عُنْوَان (ʿnwān)
  • Uyghur: ئۇنۋان (unwan)
  • Uzbek: unvon
• → Classical Persian: عُنْوَان (unwān)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: उन्वान (unvān), उनवान (unvān)

    Urdu: عُنْوَان ('unvān)

  • → Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਅਨਵਾਨ (anavān)

    Shahmukhi script: عَنْوَان (ʻanvān)

• → Ottoman Turkish: عُنْوَان
  • > Turkish: (superseded) unvan, ⇒ ünvan (inherited)
• → Swahili: anwani
  • → Iraqw: anwaani

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).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕin.waːn/, [ʕenˈwæːn]

Noun

عنوان • (ʕinwān) m (plural عناوين (ʕanawīn))

1. address
2. title

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عُنْوَان (ʕunwān, “title; address”).

Noun

عنوان • (ʼunvan) (definite accusative عنوانی (ʼunvanı), plural عنوانلر (ʼunvanlar))

1. title, style, an appellation given to a person to signify either veneration, official position, social rank, or qualification

   Synonym: لقب (lakab)

   • 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)

2. title, heading, the name of a writing, film, or other work of art, which identifies it and usually describes its subject

   Synonym: سرنامه (sernâme)

3. title page, frontispiece, the page, near the front of a book, that gives its title and, normally, its author and publisher

   Synonym: سرلوحه (serlevhâ)

Derived terms

• سعادت عنوان (saʼâdet ʼunvan, “blessed, majestic”)
• صاحب عنوان (sahib-i ʼunvan, “possessor of titles”)
• عنوان صاتمق (ʼunvan satmak, “to give one's self airs”)
• عنوان قومق (ʼunvan komak, “to entitle”)
• عنوان ویرمك (ʼunvan vermek, “to set off”)
• عنوانلی (ʼunvanlı, “titled”)

Descendants

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 Turkish: (superseded) unvan, ⇒ ünvan (inherited)

Further reading

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• Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886), “عنوان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 372
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “unvan”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4990
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962), “ünvân”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎ [Ottoman–Turkish Encyclopedic Dictionary]‎^[3] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1357
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “عنوان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[4] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 863
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Titulus”, 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^[5], Vienna, column 1676
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “عنوان”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[6], Vienna, column 3344
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “unvan”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “عنوان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[7], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1325

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عُنْوَان (ʕunwān).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔun.ˈwaːn/

 

• (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

• Audio (Iran):

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Noun

عنوان • (unwān / onvân) (plural عناوین (anāwīn / anâvin), or عنوان‌ها (unwān-hā / onvân-hâ), Tajik spelling унвон)

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

Derived terms

• به عنوان (ba unwān-i / be onvân-e)
• عنوان کردن (unwān kardan / onvân kardan)

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: उन्वान (unvān), उनवान (unvān)

  Urdu: عُنْوَان ('unvān)

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਅਨਵਾਨ (anavān)

  Shahmukhi script: عَنْوَان (ʻanvān)

See also

• سرنامه (sarnāma / 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 عُنْوَان (unwān), itself from Arabic عُنْوَان (ʕunwān).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

عُنْوَان • ('unvān) m (formal plural عَنَاوِین ('anāvīn), Hindi spelling उन्वान or 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, 2026.