منارة

See also: مناره

Arabic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Noun of place from the root ن و ر (n-w-r), relating to "light" and "fire". Cognate with Aramaic מְנָרְתָא (mənārəṯā), Hebrew מְנוֹרָה (mənōrā), Ugaritic 𐎎𐎐𐎗𐎚 (mnrt). Maybe there is a contamination with Ancient Greek μιλιάριον (miliárion, “miles indicator”) if the word means landmark.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ma.naː.ra/

Noun

مَنَارَة • (manāra) f (plural مَنَارَات (manārāt) or مَنَاوِر (manāwir))

  1. lighthouse
    Synonym: فَنَار (fanār)
  2. beacon
  3. a thing which a lamp is put upon
  4. (Islam) minaret
    Synonyms: مِئْذَنَة (miʔḏana), صَوْمَعَة (ṣawmaʕa)
  5. (Judaism) menorah

Declension
Declension of noun مَنَارَة (manāra)
Singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal مَنَارَة
manāra		 الْمَنَارَة
al-manāra		 مَنَارَة
manārat
Nominative مَنَارَةٌ
manāratun		 الْمَنَارَةُ
al-manāratu		 مَنَارَةُ
manāratu
Accusative مَنَارَةً
manāratan		 الْمَنَارَةَ
al-manārata		 مَنَارَةَ
manārata
Genitive مَنَارَةٍ
manāratin		 الْمَنَارَةِ
al-manārati		 مَنَارَةِ
manārati
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal مَنَارَتَيْن
manāratayn		 الْمَنَارَتَيْن
al-manāratayn		 مَنَارَتَيْ
manāratay
Nominative مَنَارَتَانِ
manāratāni		 الْمَنَارَتَانِ
al-manāratāni		 مَنَارَتَا
manāratā
Accusative مَنَارَتَيْنِ
manāratayni		 الْمَنَارَتَيْنِ
al-manāratayni		 مَنَارَتَيْ
manāratay
Genitive مَنَارَتَيْنِ
manāratayni		 الْمَنَارَتَيْنِ
al-manāratayni		 مَنَارَتَيْ
manāratay
Plural sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal مَنَارَات‎; مَنَاوِر
manārāt‎; manāwir		 الْمَنَارَات‎; الْمَنَاوِر
al-manārāt‎; al-manāwir		 مَنَارَات‎; مَنَاوِر
manārāt‎; manāwir
Nominative مَنَارَاتٌ‎; مَنَاوِرُ
manārātun‎; manāwiru		 الْمَنَارَاتُ‎; الْمَنَاوِرُ
al-manārātu‎; al-manāwiru		 مَنَارَاتُ‎; مَنَاوِرُ
manārātu‎; manāwiru
Accusative مَنَارَاتٍ‎; مَنَاوِرَ
manārātin‎; manāwira		 الْمَنَارَاتِ‎; الْمَنَاوِرَ
al-manārāti‎; al-manāwira		 مَنَارَاتِ‎; مَنَاوِرَ
manārāti‎; manāwira
Genitive مَنَارَاتٍ‎; مَنَاوِرَ
manārātin‎; manāwira		 الْمَنَارَاتِ‎; الْمَنَاوِرِ
al-manārāti‎; al-manāwiri		 مَنَارَاتِ‎; مَنَاوِرِ
manārāti‎; manāwiri

Descendants
  • Maltese: mnara
  • → Albanian: minare
  • → Armenian: մինարեթ (minaretʻ), մինարե (minare)
  • → Belarusian: мінарэ́т (minarét)
  • → Bulgarian: минаре (minare)
  • → Dutch: minaret
  • → English: minaret
  • → French: minaret
  • → German: Minarett
  • → Hungarian: minaret
  • → Malay: menara
  • → Persian: مناره (menâre) (see there for further descendants)
  • → Polish: minaret
  • → Portuguese: minarete, almenara
  • → Middle Armenian: մնիրայ (mniray), մներայ (mneray), մնարայ (mnaray), մնարամ (mnaram), մինիրայ (miniray), մինարայ (minaray)
  • → Russian: минаре́т (minarét)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: munara
  • → Spanish: minarete, alminar, almenar, almenara
  • → Swahili: mnara
  • → Turkish: minare
  • → Ukrainian: мінаре́т (minarét)

References
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 270–271
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 283
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1880) De vocabulis in antiquis Arabum carminibus et in Corano peregrinis‎ (in Latin), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 18
  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “منارة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎ (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 351
  • Müller, David Heinrich (1887) “Arabisch-aramäische Glossen”, in Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes‎ (in German), volume 1, page 30
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “نور”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “منارة”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎ (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1327
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