انار

See also: أنار

Pashto

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (anār).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aˈnɑr/

Noun

انار • (anā́r) m

pomegranate

Declension

Declension of **انار**
	singular	plural
direct	انار (anār)	انارونه (anāruna)
oblique	انار (anār)	انارونو (anāruno)
vocative	اناره (anāra)	انارونو (anāruno)

Persian

Alternative forms

نار (nâr)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (ʾnʾl /⁠anār⁠/). Arguably ultimately related to the pomegranate terms under Arabic رُمَّان (rummān).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔa.ˈnaːɾ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.nɑ́ːɾ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔä.nɑ́ːɾ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔä.nɔ́ːɾ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæ.nɒ́ːɹ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.nɔ́ɾ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	anār
Dari reading^?	anār
Iranian reading^?	anâr
Tajik reading^?	anor

Audio (Iran): (file)
Rhymes: -ɑːr

Noun


Iranian Persian	انار
Dari	انار
Tajik	анор

انار • (anâr)

pomegranate

Derived terms

رب انار (robb-e anâr)

Descendants

→ Awadhi: अनार (anār)
→ Bengali: আনার (anar)
→ Gujarati: અનાર (anār)
→ Hindustani: anār
Hindi: अनार

Urdu: اَنَار
- → Nepali: अनार (anār)
→ Kalmyk: анр (anr)
→ Kazakh: анар (anar)
→ Kumzari: آنر
→ Northern Kurdish: hinar
→ Kyrgyz: анар (anar)
→ Mongolian: анар (anar)
→ Punjabi: ਅਨਾਰ (anār)
→ Sindhi: انار (anāru)
→ Shor: анар
→ Turkmen: nar
→ Uyghur: ئانار (anar)
→ Uzbek: anor
⇒ Persian: نار (nâr)
- → Azerbaijani: nar
- → Bulgarian: нар (nar)
- → Gujarati: નાર (nār)
- → Ottoman Turkish: نار (nâr)
  - Turkish: nar
  - → Adyghe: нарэ (narɛ)
  - → Kabardian: нары (narə)
  - → Laz: ნარი (nari)
  - → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: нар
    Latin script: nar

Punjabi

Alternative forms

نار (nār) (dialectal)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (anār).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /əˈnäːɾ/

Noun

انار • (transliteration needed) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਅਨਾਰ)

pomegranate

Declension

Declension of **انار**
	singular	plural
direct	انار	انار
oblique	انار	اناراں
vocative	انارا	انارو
ablative	اناروں	اناراں
locative	انارے	انارِیں
instrumental	اناروں	–

Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (anār).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [anɑːrʊ]

Noun

انار • (anāru) m (Devanagari अनारु)

pomegranate
Synonym: ڏاڙهون (dāṛhūn)

References

“انار”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, University of Chicago: Center for Language Engineering, Pakistan, 1866–1938

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (anār).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ə.nɑːɾ/

Noun

اَنَار • (anār) m (Hindi spelling अनार)

pomegranate
Synonym: دَاڑِم (dāṛim)

Declension

Declension of **انار**
	singular	plural
direct	انار (anār)	انار (anār)
oblique	انار (anār)	اناروں (anārõ)
vocative	انار (anār)	انارو (anāro)

References

“انار”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.