فانوس

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φανός (phanós, “lantern”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faː.nuːs/

Noun

فَانُوس • (fānūs) m (plural فَوَانِيس (fawānīs))

1. lantern

   أَضَاءَ الرَّجُلُ الفَانُوسَ لِيَرَى الطَّرِيقَ فِي الظَّلَامِ.

   ʔaḍāʔa r-rajulu l-fānūsa li-yarā ṭ-ṭarīqa fī ẓ-ẓalāmi.

   The man lit the lantern to see the way in the dark.

Declension

Declension of noun فَانُوس (fānūs)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	فَانُوس fānūs	الْفَانُوس al-fānūs	فَانُوس fānūs
nominative	فَانُوسٌ fānūsun	الْفَانُوسُ al-fānūsu	فَانُوسُ fānūsu
accusative	فَانُوسًا fānūsan	الْفَانُوسَ al-fānūsa	فَانُوسَ fānūsa
genitive	فَانُوسٍ fānūsin	الْفَانُوسِ al-fānūsi	فَانُوسِ fānūsi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	فَانُوسَيْن fānūsayn	الْفَانُوسَيْن al-fānūsayn	فَانُوسَيْ fānūsay
nominative	فَانُوسَانِ fānūsāni	الْفَانُوسَانِ al-fānūsāni	فَانُوسَا fānūsā
accusative	فَانُوسَيْنِ fānūsayni	الْفَانُوسَيْنِ al-fānūsayni	فَانُوسَيْ fānūsay
genitive	فَانُوسَيْنِ fānūsayni	الْفَانُوسَيْنِ al-fānūsayni	فَانُوسَيْ fānūsay
plural	basic broken plural diptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	فَوَانِيس fawānīs	الْفَوَانِيس al-fawānīs	فَوَانِيس fawānīs
nominative	فَوَانِيسُ fawānīsu	الْفَوَانِيسُ al-fawānīsu	فَوَانِيسُ fawānīsu
accusative	فَوَانِيسَ fawānīsa	الْفَوَانِيسَ al-fawānīsa	فَوَانِيسَ fawānīsa
genitive	فَوَانِيسَ fawānīsa	الْفَوَانِيسِ al-fawānīsi	فَوَانِيسِ fawānīsi

Descendants

• → Amharic: ፋኑስ (fanus)
• → Dongolawi: fānū́s
• → Ottoman Turkish: فانوس, ֆանուս (fanus) — Armeno-Turkish
  • Turkish: fanus
• → Swahili: fanusi
• → Tigre: ፋኑስ (fanus)
• → Tigrinya: ፋኑስ (fanus)
• → Uyghur: پانۇس (panus)

Kohistani Shina

Noun

فانوس (fānūs)

1. chandelier
2. lantern

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• ֆանուս (fanus) — Armeno-Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَانُوس (fānūs), which in turn derives from Ancient Greek φανός (phanós, “lantern”).

Noun

فانوس • (fanus)

1. lantern, a glass or gauze case for a lamp

   Synonym: فنار (fenar, fener)

Descendants

• Turkish: fanus

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “fanus”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1544
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “فانوس”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 884
• 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), “فانوس”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[3], Vienna, column 3459
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “fanus”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “فانوس”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1362

Persian

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek φανός (phanós, “lantern”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /faː.ˈnuːs/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fɑː.núːs]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fɑː.núːs]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [fɑː.núːs]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [fɔː.nús]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [fɒː.núːs]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [fɔ.nús]

• Rhymes: -uːs

Readings
Classical reading?	fānūs
Dari reading?	fānūs
Iranian reading?	fânus
Tajik reading?	fonus

Noun

فانوس • (fānūs / fânus) (plural فانوس‌ها, Tajik spelling фонус)

1. lantern

Derived terms

• فانوس دریایی (fânus-e daryâyi)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian فَانُوس (fānūs, “lantern”), itself from Arabic فَانُوس (fānūs, “lantern”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /fɑː.nuːs/
• Rhymes: -uːs
• Hyphenation: فا‧نُوس

Noun

فانُوس • (fānūs) m (Hindi spelling फ़ानूस)

1. chandelier
2. lamp
3. glass cover, plant cover
4. (figuratively) open-minded person

Declension

Declension of فانوس

	singular	plural
direct	فانُوس (fānūs)	فانُوس (fānūs)
oblique	فانُوس (fānūs)	فانُوسوں (fānūsõ)
vocative	فانُوس (fānūs)	فانُوسو (fānūso)

References

• “فانوس”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “فانوس”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.