نهور

Persian

Etymology

Possibly related to Northern Kurdish نهارتن (nihartin, “to look, watch, glance”) and Feyli Southern Kurdish نووڕین (nûrrîn), which are cognates to Persian (negar) and (negâh, “look, glance”); see there for further information. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /nu.ˈhuːɾ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [no̞.ɦuːɾ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [nʊuːɾ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [nuuɾ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [no.ɦuːɹ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [nu.ɦuɾ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	nuhūr
Dari reading^?	nohūr
Iranian reading^?	nohur
Tajik reading^?	nuhur

Noun

نهور • (nohur)

(archaic, literary) eye
(archaic, literary) glance, look

Derived terms

بَدنُهور (bad-nohur, “evil-eyed, having an evil eye”)

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “نهور”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press