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), Ugaritic 𐎎𐎐𐎗𐎚 (mnrt). 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))

lighthouse
Synonym: فَنَار (fanār)
beacon
a thing which a lamp is put upon
(Islam) minaret
Synonyms: مِئْذَنَة (miʔḏana), صَوْمَعَة (ṣawmaʕa)
(Judaism) menorah

Declension

Declension of noun **مَنَارَة** (manāra)
singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
singular	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
plural	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

Descendants

Maltese: mnara
→ Albanian: minare
→ Armenian: մինարեթ (minaretʻ), մինարե (minare)
→ Belarusian: мінарэ́т (minarét)
→ Bulgarian: минаре (minare)
→ Dutch: minaret
→ English: minaret
→ French: minaret
→ German: Minarett
→ Hungarian: minaret
→ Malay: menara
- Indonesian: menara
→ Ottoman Turkish: مناره (minare, menare)
- Turkish: minare
- → Armenian: մինարէ (minarē), մինարա (minara)
- → Greek: μιναρές (minarés)
→ Persian: مناره (menâre) (see there for further descendants)
→ Polish: minaret
→ Portuguese: minarete, almenara
→ Middle Armenian: մնիրայ (mniray), մներայ (mneray), մնարայ (mnaray), մնարամ (mnaram), մինիրայ (miniray), մինարայ (minaray)
→ Russian: минаре́т (minarét)
→ Serbo-Croatian: munara
→ Spanish: minarete, alminar, almenar, almenara
→ Swahili: mnara
→ Turkish: minare
→ Ukrainian: мінаре́т (minarét)

References

Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 270–271
Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 283
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Müller, David Heinrich (1887) “Arabisch-aramäische Glossen”, in Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes‎^[3] (in German), volume 1, page 30
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