নূর

Bengali

Alternative forms

  • নুর (nur)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نُور (nūr), from Arabic نُور (nūr).

Proper noun

নূর • (nur)

  1. a unisex given name, Nur or Noor, from Arabic
  2. a surname, Nur or Noor, from Arabic

Inflection

indefinite forms
nominative নূর (nur)
objective নূরকে (nur (semantically general or indefinite) / nurke (semantically definite))
genitive নূরের (nurer)
definite forms
singular plural
nominative নূরটা, নূরটি (nurṭa (colloquial), nurṭi (formal)) নূরেরা (nurera)
objective নূরটাকে, নূরটিকে (nurṭake (colloquial), nurṭike (formal)) নূরদের(কে) (nurder(ke))
genitive নূরটার, নূরটির (nurṭar (colloquial), nurṭir (formal)) নূরদের (nurder)
Objective Note: In some dialects, -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

Noun

নূর • (nur)

  1. light; splendour
    • S. Wajid Ali:
      হিদায়েতের নূর আজ আমায় পথ দেখিয়ে দিলে
      hidaẏeter nur aj amaẏ poth dekhiẏe dile
      The light of guidance, today, you showed me the path

Derived terms

Bengali terms derived from the Arabic root ن و ر (0 c, 8 e)

Further reading

  • নূর”, in Accessible Dictionary [Bengali-English], Bangladesh: Young Power in Social Action (YPSA), 2018.
  • নূর”, in Accessible Dictionary [Bengali-Bengali], Bangladesh: Young Power in Social Action (YPSA), 2018.
  • Biswas, Sailendra (2000) “নূর”, in Samsad Bengali-English dictionary, 3rd edition, Calcutta: Sahitya Samsad, →OCLC.
  • Biswas, Sailendra (2004) “নূর”, in সংসদ বাংলা অভিধান, 7th edition, Calcutta: Sahitya Samsad.
  • Dāsa, Jñānendramohana (1937-1938) “নূর”, in Bāṅgālā bhāshāra abhidhāna (in Bengali), 2nd edition, Kalikata: Indian Publishing House, →OCLC.