عنوان
Arabic
| Root |
|---|
| ع ن و (ʕ n w) |
| 1 term |
Pronunciation
Noun
عُنْوَان or عِنْوَان • (ʕunwān or ʕinwān) m (plural عَنَاوِين (ʕanāwīn))
- title (of book) — and "anything that serves as an indication of another thing is called its عُنْوَان (Lane's Lexicon).
- address
- اُكْتُب لِي إِلَى عُنْوَانِي. ― uktub lī ʔilā ʕunwānī. ― Write to me at my address.
- index
- royal signature
- front
- beginning
- pretext
- manner, method, quality
Declension
| 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
- → Persian: عنوان
- → Swahili: anwani
- → Iraqw: anwaani
- → Uyghur: ئۇنۋان (unwan)
- → Uzbek: unvon
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))
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic عُنْوَان (ʕunwān, “title; address”).
Noun
عنوان • (ʼunvan) (definite accusative عنوانی (ʼunvanı), plural عنوانلر (ʼunvanlar))
- 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)
- title, heading, the name of a writing, film, or other work of art, which identifies it and usually describes its subject
- Synonym: سرنامه (sernâme)
- 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
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[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]
- (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): (file)
Noun
عنوان • (unwān / onvân) (plural عَناوین (anāwīn / anâvin), or عنوان‌ها (unwān-hā / onvân-hâ), Tajik spelling унвон)
Derived terms
- به عنوان (ba unwān-i / be onvân-e)
- عنوان کردن (unwān kardan / onvân kardan)
Descendants
- → Hindustani:
- Urdu: عنوان ('nvān)
- → Punjabi:
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): (file)
Noun
عنوان • (ʕinwān, ʕunwān) m (plural عناوين (ʕanāwīn))
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian عنوان ('unvān), itself from Arabic عُنْوَان (ʕunwān).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /(ʔ)ʊn.ʋɑːn/
- (colloquial) IPA(key): /ən.ʋɑːn/
- Rhymes: -ɑːn
- Hyphenation: عُن‧وان
Noun
عُنْوان • (’unvān) m (formal plural عَناوِین ('anāvīn), Hindi spelling उनवान)
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, 2025.