نصراني

Arabic

Alternative forms

  • نَصْرَان (naṣrān), نَصْرِي (naṣrī) obsolete

Etymology

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of نَاصِرَة (nāṣira) + ـَانـ (-ān-) + ـِيّ (-iyy), based on a modified form of النَّاصِرَة (an-nāṣira, Nazareth). Compare Hebrew נוֹצְרִי (nots'rí) and Classical Syriac ܢܵܨܪܵܝܵܐ (nāṣrāyā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nasˤ.raː.nijj/

Adjective

نَصْرَانِيّ • (naṣrāniyy) (feminine نَصْرَانِيَّة (naṣrāniyya), common plural نَصَارَى (naṣārā), masculine plural نَصْرَانِيُّونَ (naṣrāniyyūna), feminine plural نَصَارَانِيَّات (naṣārāniyyāt))

  1. (dated, see usage notes) Christian
    Synonym: مَسِيحِيّ (masīḥiyy)
  2. (rare or obsolete) Nazarene
    Synonym: نَاصِرِيّ (nāṣiriyy)

Declension

Noun

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نَصْرَانِيّ • (naṣrāniyy) m, plural نَصَارَى (naṣārā), feminine نَصْرَانِيَّة (naṣrāniyya)

  1. (dated, see usage notes) a Christian
    Synonym: مَسِيحِيّ (masīḥiyy)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 3:67:
      مَا كَانَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ يَهُودِيًّا وَلَا نَصْرَانِيًّا وَلَٰكِنْ كَانَ حَنِيفًا مُسْلِمًا
      mā kāna ʔibrāhīmu yahūdiyyan walā naṣrāniyyan walākin kāna ḥanīfan musliman
      Neither was Abraham a Jew nor a Christian but rather he was an upright Muslim
  2. (rare or obsolete) a Nazarene
    Synonym: نَاصِرِيّ (nāṣiriyy)
    • 1992, Biblica, New Arabic Version [Kitab El Hayat] (NAV), Acts 24:5:
      وَجَدْنَا هَذَا الْمُتَّهَمَ مُخَرِّباً، يُثِيرُ الْفِتْنَةَ بَيْنَ جَمِيعِ الْيَهُودِ فِي الْبِلادِ كُلِّهَا، وَهُوَ يَتَزَعَّمُ مَذْهَبَ النَّصَارَى
      wajadnā haḏā l-muttahama muḵarriban, yuṯīru l-fitnata bayna jamīʕi l-yahūdi fī l-bilādi kullihā, wahuwa yatazaʕʕamu maḏhaba l-nnaṣārā
      We found this accused man to be a saboteur, stirring up discord among all the Jews in the entire land. He spearheads the sect of the Nazarenes.

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Egyptian Arabic: نصرانى (náṣrāni)
  • Malayalam: നസ്രാണി (nasrāṇi)
  • Maltese: Nisrani
  • Farefare: nasaara
  • Indonesian: Nasrani
  • Malay: Nasrani
  • Moore: nasaara
  • Turkish: Nasrani

Usage notes

  • Although the word and its nominal derivative, نَصْرَانِيَّة (naṣrāniyya, Christianity), are occasionally found in the works of some medieval Christian writers who composed in Classical Arabic, such as Ibn al-Ṭayyib and Ibn al-Ḵammār, it is now almost never used as a self-designation by Arabic-speaking Christians and is widely considered politically incorrect or outright offensive and derogatory, at least in countries with relevant Christian populations. Since نَصْرَانِيّ (naṣrāniyy) is the word used for “Christian” in the Quran and has been the primary designation for Christians in virtually all Islamic texts for centuries, it intends heavy religious connotations and thus still retains currency in Islamic religious discourse, but even there مَسِيحِيّ (masīḥiyy) may sometimes be used.

References

  • Ahrens, Karl (1930) “Christliches im Qoran. Eine Nachlese”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (in German), volume 84, page 25
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “نصراني”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ن ص ر
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic نَصْرَانِيّ (naṣrāniyy).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nasˤ.raː.ni/, [nɑsˤˈrˤɑː.ni]
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Noun

نصراني • (naṣrāni) m (plural نصارى (naṣāra), feminine نصرانيّة (naṣrāniyye))

  1. Christian (mainly used by Muslims)
    Synonym: مسيحي (masīḥi)
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