عنصر

عنصر

Arabic

Root
ع ن ص ر‎ (ʕ-n-ṣ-r)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕun.sˤur/

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Noun

عُنْصُر • (ʕunṣur) m (plural عَنَاصِر‎ (ʕanāṣir))

1. (also chemistry) element
2. race

   Synonyms: (commoner) عِرْق‎ (ʕirq), (ambiguous) جِنْس‎ (jins)

3. origin
4. (chiefly in the plural) member(s) of a group, especially a criminal or militant one

Declension

Declension of noun عُنْصُر (ʕunṣur)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عُنْصُر ʕunṣur	الْعُنْصُر‎ al-ʕunṣur	عُنْصُر ʕunṣur
Nominative	عُنْصُرٌ ʕunṣurun	الْعُنْصُرُ‎ al-ʕunṣuru	عُنْصُرُ ʕunṣuru
Accusative	عُنْصُرًا‎ ʕunṣuran	الْعُنْصُرَ‎ al-ʕunṣura	عُنْصُرَ ʕunṣura
Genitive	عُنْصُرٍ ʕunṣurin	الْعُنْصُرِ‎ al-ʕunṣuri	عُنْصُرِ ʕunṣuri
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عُنْصُرَيْن‎ ʕunṣurayn	الْعُنْصُرَيْن‎ al-ʕunṣurayn	عُنْصُرَيْ‎ ʕunṣuray
Nominative	عُنْصُرَانِ‎ ʕunṣurāni	الْعُنْصُرَانِ‎ al-ʕunṣurāni	عُنْصُرَا‎ ʕunṣurā
Accusative	عُنْصُرَيْنِ‎ ʕunṣurayni	الْعُنْصُرَيْنِ‎ al-ʕunṣurayni	عُنْصُرَيْ‎ ʕunṣuray
Genitive	عُنْصُرَيْنِ‎ ʕunṣurayni	الْعُنْصُرَيْنِ‎ al-ʕunṣurayni	عُنْصُرَيْ‎ ʕunṣuray
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَنَاصِر‎ ʕanāṣir	الْعَنَاصِر‎ al-ʕanāṣir	عَنَاصِر‎ ʕanāṣir
Nominative	عَنَاصِرُ‎ ʕanāṣiru	الْعَنَاصِرُ‎ al-ʕanāṣiru	عَنَاصِرُ‎ ʕanāṣiru
Accusative	عَنَاصِرَ‎ ʕanāṣira	الْعَنَاصِرَ‎ al-ʕanāṣira	عَنَاصِرَ‎ ʕanāṣira
Genitive	عَنَاصِرَ‎ ʕanāṣira	الْعَنَاصِرِ‎ al-ʕanāṣiri	عَنَاصِرِ‎ ʕanāṣiri

Derived terms

• عُنْصُرِيّ‎ (ʕunṣuriyy)
• عُنْصُرِيّة‎ (ʕunṣuriyya)

 

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: ünsür
• → Malay: unsur
  • Indonesian: unsur
• → Ottoman Turkish: عنصر‎ (unsur)
  • Turkish: unsur
• → Persian: عنصر‎ ('onsor).
  • → Urdu: عنصر‎ (unsur)
• → Uyghur: ئۇنسۇر‎ (unsur)
• → Uzbek: unsur

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “عنصر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 760

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Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عُنْصُر‎ (ʕunṣur).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /unsuɾ/

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /ʊnsʊɾ/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /onsoɾ/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /unsuɾ/

Noun

عنصر • ('onsor)

1. (chemistry) element

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Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian عُنْصُر‎ ('unsur), from Arabic عُنْصُر‎ (ʕunṣur).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)ʊn.sʊɾ/
• (colloquial) IPA^(key): /ʊn.səɾ/
• Rhymes: -ʊɾ, -əɾ

Noun

عُنْصُر • (ʻunṣur) m (plural عَناصِر‎, Hindi spelling उनसुर)

1. (chemistry) element, essence
2. element, component, part

References

• “عنصر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “عنصر”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.