nur

nur

See also: Nur

English

Etymology

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Noun

nur (plural nurs)

1. A hard knot in wood; a knur or knurl.
2. (obsolete) A hard knob of wood used in playing hockey.
   • W. Howitt

     I think I'm as hard as a nur, and as tough as whitleather.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Anagrams

• URN, run, urn

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Albanian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nuɾ]

Noun

nur m (indefinite plural nure, definite singular 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, Kolec (2017), “nur”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 1069

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Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Arabic نُور‎ (nūr).

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Noun

nur (definite accusative nurnu, plural nurlar)

1. (poetic) light

   Üzündənnur saçır. ― His/her face shines with light.

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

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

   Synonym: işıq

   Antonym: zülmət

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
• nuranilik
• nuraniyyət
• nurələnnur

 

Further reading

• “nur” in Obastan.com.

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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, Project Gutenberg transcription

     Se mi nur estus sana, mi estus tute kontenta.

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

Descendants

• Ido: nur

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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: 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

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.

Descendants

• → Esperanto: nur
  • Ido: nur

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

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Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto nur, German nur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nur/

Adverb

nur

1. only, merely

Derived terms

• nura

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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.

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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

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Polish

nur

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nurъ, *norъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nur/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ur
• Syllabification: nur

Noun

nur m anim

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

Declension

Declension of nur

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

Related terms

nouns

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

 

verbs

• nurkować
• nurzać

 

Further reading

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

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Romanian

Etymology

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

Noun

nur m (plural nuri)

1. sex appeal

Declension

Declension of nur

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) nur	nurul	(niște) nuri	nurii
genitive/dative	(unui) nur	nurului	(unor) nuri	nurilor
vocative	nurule		nurilor

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnuɾ/

Preposition

nur (+ dative, triggers eclipsis)

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

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Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic نُور‎ (nūr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nuɾ/

Noun

nur (definite accusative nuru, plural nurlar)

1. (Islam) The Holy Light

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	nur
Definite accusative	nuru
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	nur	nurlar
Definite accusative	nuru	nurları
Dative	nura	nurlara
Locative	nurda	nurlarda
Ablative	nurdan	nurlardan
Genitive	nurun	nurların