ነውር

Ge'ez

Etymology

Probably related to Arabic ن و ر (n w r), which contains meanings like "mark by branding" and "revile".[1][2]

Noun

ነውር • (näwr) m (plural ነውራት (näwrat))

blemish, stain, flaw, spot, defect
- Leviticus 22:20
  ኵሉ ፡ ዘቦቱ ፡ ነውረ ፡ ላዕሌሁ ፡ ኢያምጽእዎ ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር ፡ እስመ ፡ ኢይሰጠወክሙ ።
  kʷəlu zäbotu näwrä laʿlehu ʾiyamṣəʾwo läʾgəziʾäbḥer ʾəsmä ʾiysäṭäwäkmu .
  Whatever has a defect, you shall not offer, for it shall not be acceptable on your behalf.

Related terms

ነወረ (näwärä)
ተነውረ (tänäwrä)
አንወረ (ʾänwärä)

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “نور”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen, page 1155
G. J. Botterweck et al., editors (1974), “נֵר”, in Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament, volume 10, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, →ISBN, page 16

Further reading

Dillmann, August (1865) “ነውር”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, column 672

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