نورانی

نورانی

See also: نوراني‎

Persian

Etymology

Analyzable as نور‎ (nur) +‎ ـانی‎ (-âni); compare خوبانی‎ (xubâni). Possibly borrowed from, modeled after, or influenced by Arabic نُورَانِيّ‎ (nūrāniyy).

Pronunciation

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

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /nuːɾɒːniː/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /nuːɾɒːniː/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /nuɾɔːniː/

Adjective

نورانی • (nurâni)

1. luminous, lighting, glittering

   ‏در شب، نورانی است.‎‎ ― dar šab, nurâni ast. ― At night, it shines.

   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, Reynold A. Nicholson, transl., مثنوی معنوی‎ [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume III, verse 2557:

     ‏عقل نورانی و نیکو طالبست، نفس ظلمانی برو چون غالبست‎

     'aql nurâni o niku tâleb-ast, nafs-e zolmâni bar u čon ğâleb-ast

     The intellect is luminous and a seeker of good: how [then] does the dark fleshly soul prevail over it?

Noun

نورانی • (nurâni)

1. holy aspect (clarification of this definition is needed)