nawwar

From Arabic نَوَّرَ (nawwara, “to blossom”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaw.war/
• Rhymes: -awwar

nawwar (imperfect jnawwar, past participle mnawwar, verbal noun tinwir)

1. to grow mouldy
2. (figuratively) to rot, decay
3. (archaic) to bloom, blossom

   Synonyms: żahar, ffjorixxa

• The sense “to bloom” can now be used at most literally of plants. In figurative use it will always be understood as “to rot” and thus quite the contrary.