عنوان

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ع ن و (ʕ-n-w).

Pronunciation

• 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: ünvan
• → Persian: عنوان
• → Swahili: anwani

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

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Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عُنْوَان (ʕunwān).

Noun

عنوان • ('onvân)

1. title (to a book, article, etc.)

See also

• سرنامه (sarnâme)
• به عنوان (be 'onvân)