منشور

Arabic

Root
ن ش ر (n š r)
9 terms

Alternative forms

  • مَوْشُور (mawšūr)

Etymology

Derived from the passive participle of the verb نَشَرَ (našara). In the meaning of prism compare Hebrew מִנְסָרָה (minsará, “prism”) and Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܢܣܝܼܪܵܐ (nsīrā, “prism”). Possibly Calque of Ancient Greek πρίσμα (prísma, “something sawed”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /man.ʃuːr/
  • Rhymes: -uːr

Adjective

مَنْشُور • (manšūr) (feminine مَنْشُورَة (manšūra), masculine plural مَنْشُورُونَ (manšūrūna), feminine plural مَنْشُورَات (manšūrāt))

  1. passive participle of نَشَرَ (našara)
    1. published, issued, announced
      1. (Internet) posted (on facebook, etc)
    2. sawn

Declension

Declension of adjective مَنْشُور (manšūr)
singular masculine feminine
basic singular triptote singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal مَنْشُور
manšūr 		الْمَنْشُور
al-manšūr 		مَنْشُورَة
manšūra 		الْمَنْشُورَة
al-manšūra
nominative مَنْشُورٌ
manšūrun 		الْمَنْشُورُ
al-manšūru 		مَنْشُورَةٌ
manšūratun 		الْمَنْشُورَةُ
al-manšūratu
accusative مَنْشُورًا
manšūran 		الْمَنْشُورَ
al-manšūra 		مَنْشُورَةً
manšūratan 		الْمَنْشُورَةَ
al-manšūrata
genitive مَنْشُورٍ
manšūrin 		الْمَنْشُورِ
al-manšūri 		مَنْشُورَةٍ
manšūratin 		الْمَنْشُورَةِ
al-manšūrati
dual masculine feminine
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal مَنْشُورَيْن
manšūrayn 		الْمَنْشُورَيْن
al-manšūrayn 		مَنْشُورَتَيْن
manšūratayn 		الْمَنْشُورَتَيْن
al-manšūratayn
nominative مَنْشُورَانِ
manšūrāni 		الْمَنْشُورَانِ
al-manšūrāni 		مَنْشُورَتَانِ
manšūratāni 		الْمَنْشُورَتَانِ
al-manšūratāni
accusative مَنْشُورَيْنِ
manšūrayni 		الْمَنْشُورَيْنِ
al-manšūrayni 		مَنْشُورَتَيْنِ
manšūratayni 		الْمَنْشُورَتَيْنِ
al-manšūratayni
genitive مَنْشُورَيْنِ
manšūrayni 		الْمَنْشُورَيْنِ
al-manšūrayni 		مَنْشُورَتَيْنِ
manšūratayni 		الْمَنْشُورَتَيْنِ
al-manšūratayni
plural masculine feminine
sound masculine plural sound feminine plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal مَنْشُورِين
manšūrīn 		الْمَنْشُورِين
al-manšūrīn 		مَنْشُورَات
manšūrāt 		الْمَنْشُورَات
al-manšūrāt
nominative مَنْشُورُونَ
manšūrūna 		الْمَنْشُورُونَ
al-manšūrūna 		مَنْشُورَاتٌ
manšūrātun 		الْمَنْشُورَاتُ
al-manšūrātu
accusative مَنْشُورِينَ
manšūrīna 		الْمَنْشُورِينَ
al-manšūrīna 		مَنْشُورَاتٍ
manšūrātin 		الْمَنْشُورَاتِ
al-manšūrāti
genitive مَنْشُورِينَ
manšūrīna 		الْمَنْشُورِينَ
al-manšūrīna 		مَنْشُورَاتٍ
manšūrātin 		الْمَنْشُورَاتِ
al-manšūrāti

Noun

مَنْشُور • (manšūr) m (plural مَنَاشِير (manāšīr) or مَنْشُورَات (manšūrāt))

  1. publication, pamphlet, charter
  2. (politics) manifesto
  3. (geometry) prism
  4. (Internet) a post (on facebook, etc)

Declension

Declension of noun مَنْشُور (manšūr)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal مَنْشُور
manšūr 		الْمَنْشُور
al-manšūr 		مَنْشُور
manšūr
nominative مَنْشُورٌ
manšūrun 		الْمَنْشُورُ
al-manšūru 		مَنْشُورُ
manšūru
accusative مَنْشُورًا
manšūran 		الْمَنْشُورَ
al-manšūra 		مَنْشُورَ
manšūra
genitive مَنْشُورٍ
manšūrin 		الْمَنْشُورِ
al-manšūri 		مَنْشُورِ
manšūri
dual indefinite definite construct
informal مَنْشُورَيْن
manšūrayn 		الْمَنْشُورَيْن
al-manšūrayn 		مَنْشُورَيْ
manšūray
nominative مَنْشُورَانِ
manšūrāni 		الْمَنْشُورَانِ
al-manšūrāni 		مَنْشُورَا
manšūrā
accusative مَنْشُورَيْنِ
manšūrayni 		الْمَنْشُورَيْنِ
al-manšūrayni 		مَنْشُورَيْ
manšūray
genitive مَنْشُورَيْنِ
manšūrayni 		الْمَنْشُورَيْنِ
al-manšūrayni 		مَنْشُورَيْ
manšūray
plural basic broken plural diptote‎;
sound feminine plural
indefinite definite construct
informal مَنَاشِير‎; مَنْشُورَات
manāšīr‎; manšūrāt 		الْمَنَاشِير‎; الْمَنْشُورَات
al-manāšīr‎; al-manšūrāt 		مَنَاشِير‎; مَنْشُورَات
manāšīr‎; manšūrāt
nominative مَنَاشِيرُ‎; مَنْشُورَاتٌ
manāšīru‎; manšūrātun 		الْمَنَاشِيرُ‎; الْمَنْشُورَاتُ
al-manāšīru‎; al-manšūrātu 		مَنَاشِيرُ‎; مَنْشُورَاتُ
manāšīru‎; manšūrātu
accusative مَنَاشِيرَ‎; مَنْشُورَاتٍ
manāšīra‎; manšūrātin 		الْمَنَاشِيرَ‎; الْمَنْشُورَاتِ
al-manāšīra‎; al-manšūrāti 		مَنَاشِيرَ‎; مَنْشُورَاتِ
manāšīra‎; manšūrāti
genitive مَنَاشِيرَ‎; مَنْشُورَاتٍ
manāšīra‎; manšūrātin 		الْمَنَاشِيرِ‎; الْمَنْشُورَاتِ
al-manāšīri‎; al-manšūrāti 		مَنَاشِيرِ‎; مَنْشُورَاتِ
manāšīri‎; manšūrāti

Descendants

  • → Middle Armenian: մանշուր (manšur)
  • → Azerbaijani: mənşur
  • → Ottoman Turkish: منشور (menşûr)
    • Turkish: menşur
  • → Classical Persian: مَنْشُور (manšūr)
  • → Uzbek: manshur

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَنْشُور (manšūr).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? manšūr
Dari reading? manšūr
Iranian reading? manšur
Tajik reading? manšur

Noun

منشور • (manšur)

  1. prism
  2. charter
  3. (historical) royal writ of appointment or charter
    • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 219:
      مده پند من از عشق بتان ناصح چون ممکن نیست
      که تا ندهند با من عاشقان منشور بنشینم
      madih pand-i man az išq-i butān nāsih čūn mumkin nēst
      ki tā na-dihand bā man āšiqān manšūr binšīnam
      Councillor! Do not advise me about the love for beauties, for it is not possible
      For me to sit down until the lovers give me their royal writ.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مَنْشُور (manšūr), from Arabic مَنْشُور (manšūr).[1][2] First attested in c. 1684 as Middle Hindi منشور (mnśvr⁩ /⁠manśūr⁠/).[3]

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /mən.ʃuːɾ/
  • Rhymes: -uːɾ
  • Hyphenation: مَنْ‧شُور

Noun

مَنْشُور • (manśūr) m (Hindi spelling मंशूर)

  1. (politics) a manifesto
  2. diploma; patent
  3. constitution; regulation; law
  4. (historical) proclamation; charter; royal ordinance
  5. (geometry) a prism

Declension

Declension of منشور
singular plural
direct مَنْشُور (manśūr) مَنْشُور (manśūr)
oblique مَنْشُور (manśūr) مَنْشُوروں (manśūrõ)
vocative مَنْشُور (manśūr) مَنْشُورو (manśūro)

Adjective

مَنْشُور • (manśūr) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling मंशूर)

  1. divulged; published (ie. as a book)
  2. dispersed; scattered
  3. diffused

References

  1. ^ Platts, John T. (1884) “منشور”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  2. ^ John Shakespear (1834) “منشور”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
  3. ^ “منشور”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

Further reading

  • “منشور”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “منشور”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]
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