ناطور
Arabic
Etymology
Borrowed from Aramaic נָטוֹרָא / ܢܳܛܘܰܪܐ (nāṭōrā, “watchman”), originally borrowed as a field-guard in agriculture. Doublet of نَاظُور (nāẓūr, “field glasses”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /naː.tˤuːr/
Noun
نَاطُور • (nāṭūr) m (plural نَوَاطِير (nawāṭīr))
- somebody who watches over things, watchman, lookout, caretaker, concierge, storage room guy, warden, janitor, etc.
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | نَاطُور nāṭūr |
النَّاطُور an-nāṭūr |
نَاطُور nāṭūr |
| nominative | نَاطُورٌ nāṭūrun |
النَّاطُورُ an-nāṭūru |
نَاطُورُ nāṭūru |
| accusative | نَاطُورًا nāṭūran |
النَّاطُورَ an-nāṭūra |
نَاطُورَ nāṭūra |
| genitive | نَاطُورٍ nāṭūrin |
النَّاطُورِ an-nāṭūri |
نَاطُورِ nāṭūri |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | نَاطُورَيْن nāṭūrayn |
النَّاطُورَيْن an-nāṭūrayn |
نَاطُورَيْ nāṭūray |
| nominative | نَاطُورَانِ nāṭūrāni |
النَّاطُورَانِ an-nāṭūrāni |
نَاطُورَا nāṭūrā |
| accusative | نَاطُورَيْنِ nāṭūrayni |
النَّاطُورَيْنِ an-nāṭūrayni |
نَاطُورَيْ nāṭūray |
| genitive | نَاطُورَيْنِ nāṭūrayni |
النَّاطُورَيْنِ an-nāṭūrayni |
نَاطُورَيْ nāṭūray |
| plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | نَوَاطِير nawāṭīr |
النَّوَاطِير an-nawāṭīr |
نَوَاطِير nawāṭīr |
| nominative | نَوَاطِيرُ nawāṭīru |
النَّوَاطِيرُ an-nawāṭīru |
نَوَاطِيرُ nawāṭīru |
| accusative | نَوَاطِيرَ nawāṭīra |
النَّوَاطِيرَ an-nawāṭīra |
نَوَاطِيرَ nawāṭīra |
| genitive | نَوَاطِيرَ nawāṭīra |
النَّوَاطِيرِ an-nawāṭīri |
نَوَاطِيرِ nawāṭīri |
Related terms
- نَطَرَ (naṭara, “to keep, to watch, to guard”)
- نَاطِر (nāṭir, “watchman”)
- نِطَارَة (niṭāra, “supervision”)
References
- “ناطور” in Almaany
- Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “ناطور”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[1] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 683
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 138
- Freytag, Georg (1837) “ناطور”, 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 295
- Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “ناطور”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc[3] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 1283
- Lane, Edward William (1863-1893) “ناطور”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 2809–2810.
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “ناطور”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 1142
- Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “ناطور”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[4] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1283