منارة

See also: مناره

Arabic

Alternative forms

• مَنَار (manār)

Etymology

Noun of place from the root ن و ر (n-w-r), relating to "light" and "fire". Cognate with Aramaic מְנָרְתָא (mənārəṯā), Hebrew מְנוֹרָה (mənōrā). Maybe there is a contamination with Ancient Greek μιλιάριον (miliárion, “miles indicator”) if the word means landmark.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.naː.ra/

Noun

مَنَارَة • (manāra) f (plural مَنَارَات (manārāt) or مَنَاوِر (manāwir))

1. lighthouse
2. beacon
3. a thing which a lamp is put upon
4. (Islam) minaret
5. (Judaism) menorah

Declension

Declension of noun مَنَارَة (manāra)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَنَارَة manāra	الْمَنَارَة al-manāra	مَنَارَة manārat
Nominative	مَنَارَةٌ manāratun	الْمَنَارَةُ al-manāratu	مَنَارَةُ manāratu
Accusative	مَنَارَةً manāratan	الْمَنَارَةَ al-manārata	مَنَارَةَ manārata
Genitive	مَنَارَةٍ manāratin	الْمَنَارَةِ al-manārati	مَنَارَةِ manārati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَنَارَتَيْن manāratayn	الْمَنَارَتَيْن al-manāratayn	مَنَارَتَيْ manāratay
Nominative	مَنَارَتَانِ manāratāni	الْمَنَارَتَانِ al-manāratāni	مَنَارَتَا manāratā
Accusative	مَنَارَتَيْنِ manāratayni	الْمَنَارَتَيْنِ al-manāratayni	مَنَارَتَيْ manāratay
Genitive	مَنَارَتَيْنِ manāratayni	الْمَنَارَتَيْنِ al-manāratayni	مَنَارَتَيْ manāratay
Plural	sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَنَارَات‎; مَنَاوِر manārāt‎; manāwir	الْمَنَارَات‎; الْمَنَاوِر al-manārāt‎; al-manāwir	مَنَارَات‎; مَنَاوِر manārāt‎; manāwir
Nominative	مَنَارَاتٌ‎; مَنَاوِرُ manārātun‎; manāwiru	الْمَنَارَاتُ‎; الْمَنَاوِرُ al-manārātu‎; al-manāwiru	مَنَارَاتُ‎; مَنَاوِرُ manārātu‎; manāwiru
Accusative	مَنَارَاتٍ‎; مَنَاوِرَ manārātin‎; manāwira	الْمَنَارَاتِ‎; الْمَنَاوِرَ al-manārāti‎; al-manāwira	مَنَارَاتِ‎; مَنَاوِرَ manārāti‎; manāwira
Genitive	مَنَارَاتٍ‎; مَنَاوِرَ manārātin‎; manāwira	الْمَنَارَاتِ‎; الْمَنَاوِرِ al-manārāti‎; al-manāwiri	مَنَارَاتِ‎; مَنَاوِرِ manārāti‎; manāwiri

Synonyms

• (lighthouse): فَنَار (fanār)
• (minaret): مِئْذَنَة (miʔḏana), صَوْمَعَة (ṣawmaʕa)

Descendants

• Albanian: minare
• Armenian: մինարեթ (minaretʻ), մինարե (minare)
• Azeri: minarə
• Bashkir: манара (manara)
• Belarusian: мінарэ́т (minarét)
• Bengali: মিনার (minar)
• Bulgarian: минаре (minare)
• Dutch: minaret
• English: minaret
• French: minaret
• Hindi: मीनार (mīnār), मीनारा (mīnārā)
• Hungarian: minaret
• Indonesian: menara
• Kazakh: мұнара (mūnara)
• Kyrgyz: мунара (munara)
• Middle Armenian: մնիրայ (mniray), մներայ (mneray), մնարայ (mnaray), մնարամ (mnaram), մինիրայ (miniray), մինարայ (minaray)
• Pashto: مناره (monārá)
• Persian: مناره (menâre)
• Polish: minaret
• Russian: минаре́т (minarét)
• Spanish: minarete, alminar
• Swahili: mnara
• Tajik: манора (manora)
• Tatar: манара (manara)
• Turkish: minare
• Turkmen: minara
• Ukrainian: мінаре́т (minarét)
• Urdu: مینار (mīnār), مینارا (mīnārā)
• Uyghur: مىنارەت (minaret)
• Uzbek: minora

 

References

• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 283
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1880) De vocabulis in antiquis Arabum carminibus et in Corano peregrinis‎^[1] (in Latin), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 18
• Freytag, Georg (1837) “منارة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 351
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “نور”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “منارة”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1327