nur

See also: Nur

Translingual

Symbol

nur

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Nuguria.

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Nuguria terms

English

Noun

nur (plural nurs)

1. Pronunciation spelling of knur.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “nur”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• URN, run, urn

Albanian

Etymology

From Turkish nur, from Arabic نور (“light”).^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nuɾ]

Noun

nur m (plural nure, definite nuri, definite plural nuret)

1. facial expression, face, appearance
2. dazzling beauty
3. outward appearance (of a person)

Derived terms

• nurbardhë
• nurmadh
• nursëz
• nurshëm
• nurzi

References

1. Topalli, K. (2017) “nur”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 1069

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Arabic نُور (nūr).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

nur (definite accusative nuru, plural nurlar)

1. (poetic) light

   Synonym: işıq

   Antonym: zülmət

   Üzündən nur saçır. ― His/her face shines with light.

   Qəbri nurla dolsun. ― Rest in peace. (literally, “May his/her grave be filled with light.”)

   Elm bir nur, cəhl zülmətdir. ― Knowledge is light, ignorance is darkness.

Declension

Declension of nur

	singular	plural
nominative	nur	nurlar
definite accusative	nuru	nurları
dative	nura	nurlara
locative	nurda	nurlarda
ablative	nurdan	nurlardan
definite genitive	nurun	nurların

Possessive forms of nur

	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	nurum	nurlarım
sənin (“your”)	nurun	nurların
onun (“his/her/its”)	nuru	nurları
bizim (“our”)	nurumuz	nurlarımız
sizin (“your”)	nurunuz	nurlarınız
onların (“their”)	nuru or nurları	nurları
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	nurumu	nurlarımı
sənin (“your”)	nurunu	nurlarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	nurunu	nurlarını
bizim (“our”)	nurumuzu	nurlarımızı
sizin (“your”)	nurunuzu	nurlarınızı
onların (“their”)	nurunu or nurlarını	nurlarını
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	nuruma	nurlarıma
sənin (“your”)	nuruna	nurlarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	nuruna	nurlarına
bizim (“our”)	nurumuza	nurlarımıza
sizin (“your”)	nurunuza	nurlarınıza
onların (“their”)	nuruna or nurlarına	nurlarına
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	nurumda	nurlarımda
sənin (“your”)	nurunda	nurlarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	nurunda	nurlarında
bizim (“our”)	nurumuzda	nurlarımızda
sizin (“your”)	nurunuzda	nurlarınızda
onların (“their”)	nurunda or nurlarında	nurlarında
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	nurumdan	nurlarımdan
sənin (“your”)	nurundan	nurlarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	nurundan	nurlarından
bizim (“our”)	nurumuzdan	nurlarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	nurunuzdan	nurlarınızdan
onların (“their”)	nurundan or nurlarından	nurlarından
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	nurumun	nurlarımın
sənin (“your”)	nurunun	nurlarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	nurunun	nurlarının
bizim (“our”)	nurumuzun	nurlarımızın
sizin (“your”)	nurunuzun	nurlarınızın
onların (“their”)	nurunun or nurlarının	nurlarının

Derived terms

• nurlandırmaq
• nurlanmaq
• nurlatmaq
• nurlu
• nurluluq
• nursaçan
• nursuz
• nursuzluq

Related terms

• nuranilik
• nuraniyyət
• nurələnnur

Further reading

• “nur” in Obastan.com.

Esperanto

Etymology

From German nur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nur]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: nur

Adverb

nur

1. only, just
   • 1888, L. L. Zamenhof, Dua Libro de l' Lingvo Internacia‎:

     Se mi nur estus sana, mi estus tute kontenta.

     If only I would be healthy, I would be fully content.

Descendants

• Ido: nur

German

Etymology

From late Middle High German nuor, contracted from older niwer, newære, from Old High German niwāri, ni wāri (“were it not”). Cognate with Yiddish נאָר (nor), Dutch maar, Old English nǣre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nuːɐ̯/

• Audio (Germany):

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• Audio (Austria):

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• Rhymes: -uːɐ̯

Adverb

nur

1. only, just, merely, simply

   Synonyms: bloß, allein

   Nur reife Kirschen dürfen auf den Kuchen.

   Only ripe cherries may go on the cake.

   Du musst nur die Werte eingeben und den Rest macht der Computer.

   You just have to enter the values and the computer will do the rest.

2. ever; at all

   Synonyms: auch, immer, überhaupt

   Ich helfe dir, wo ich nur kann.

   I’ll help you wherever I can.

3. however, though

   Synonyms: allerdings, jedoch

   Wir könnten es versuchen. Nur wären die Risiken sehr hoch.

   We could try. The risks would be very high, however.

Derived terms

• nur mehr, nurmehr
• nur nicht
• nur noch
• nur zu

Descendants

• → Esperanto: nur
  • Ido: nur

Conjunction

nur

1. (chiefly colloquial) but

   Synonym: aber

   Ich wär auf jeden Fall dabei, nur ich hab echt keine Zeit.

   I’d definitely come along, but I really don’t have the time.

Further reading

• “nur” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “nur” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• Friedrich Kluge (1883) “nur”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto nur, German nur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nur/

Adverb

nur

1. only, merely

Derived terms

• nura

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic نُور (nūr).

Noun

nur (Jawi spelling نور, plural nur-nur, informal 1st possessive nurku, 2nd possessive nurmu, 3rd possessive nurnya)

1. light

   Synonym: cahaya

Further reading

• “nur” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Nzadi

Noun

núr (plural núr)

1. body

Further reading

• Crane, Thera, Larry Hyman, Simon Nsielanga Tukumu (2011) A grammar of Nzadi [B.865]: a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, →ISBN

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

nury

Wikipedia ^pl

nur

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nurъ / *norъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnur/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ur
• Syllabification: nur
• Homophone: Nur

Noun

nur m animal

1. loon (any bird of the order Gaviiformes)
2. dive, plunge (jump into water)

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	nur	nury
genitive	nura	nurów
dative	nurowi	nurom
accusative	nura	nury
instrumental	nurem	nurami
locative	nurze	nurach
vocative	nurze	nury

Declension of nur

Derived terms

(verbs):

• dać nura pf
• dawać nura impf

Related terms

(nouns):

• nurek
• nurkowanie
• nurnik
• nurzanie
• nurzaniec
• nurzec
• nurzyk

(verbs):

• nurkować impf
• nurzać impf

Further reading

• nur in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• nur in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• nury in PWN's encyclopedia

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish نور, from Arabic نُور (nūr).

Noun

nur m (plural nuri)

1. sex appeal

Declension

Declension of nur

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	nur	nurul		nuri	nurii
genitive-dative	nur	nurului		nuri	nurilor
vocative	nurule			nurilor

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Univerbation of an (“in”) +‎ ur (“your”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnuɾ/

Preposition

nur (+ dative, triggers eclipsis of a vowel)

1. in your (formal and/or plural)

Inflection

Possessive declension of an

		singular	plural
first person		namL	narN
second person		nadL	nurN
third person	m	naL	nanN, namN 1)
	f	naH

^L Triggers lenition; ^H Triggers H-prothesis;
^N Triggers eclipsis; ¹⁾ Used before b-, f-, m- or p-

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish نور, from Arabic نُور (nūr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nuɾ/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

nur (definite accusative nuru, plural nurlar)

1. light
2. (Islam) The Holy Light

Declension

Declension of nur

	singular	plural
nominative	nur	nurlar
definite accusative	nuru	nurları
dative	nura	nurlara
locative	nurda	nurlarda
ablative	nurdan	nurlardan
genitive	nurun	nurların

Derived terms

• nurlanmak
• nurlu
• nursuz

Related terms

• Enver
• minare
• münevver
• nâr
• nevir
• tenevvür
• tenvir

Further reading

• “nur”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “nur”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “nur”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3569b