# نار
## Arabic
### Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *nūr-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /naːr/

### Noun

نَار • (nār) f (dual نَارَانِ (nārāni), plural نِيرَان (nīrān))
* fire
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 28:29:فَلَمَّا قَضَىٰ مُوسَى ٱلْأَجَلَ وَسَارَ بِأَهْلِهِۦۤ ءَانَسَ مِن جَانِبِ ٱلطُّورِ نَارࣰا قَالَ لِأَهْلِهِ ٱمْكُثُوۤا۟ إِنِّيۤ ءَانَسْتُ نَارࣰا لَّعَلِّيۤ ءَاتِيكُم مِّنْهَا بِخَبَرٍ أَوْ جَذْوَةࣲ مِّنَ ٱلنَّارِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَصْطَلُونَfa-lammā qaḍā mūsā l-ʾajala wa-sāra bi-ʾahlihī ʾānasa min jānibi ṭ-ṭūri nāran qāla li-ʾahlihi mkuṯū ʾinnī ʾānastu nāran laʿallī ʾātīkum-minhā bixabarin ʾaw jaḏwatin mina n-nāri laʿallakum taṣṯalūnaAnd when Moses had completed the term and was traveling with his family, he perceived from the direction of the mount a fire. He said to his family, "Stay here; indeed, I have perceived a fire. Perhaps I will bring you from there [some] information or burning wood from the fire that you may warm yourselves.
* conflagration
** النَّار (an-nār) — Hell
** شَيْخ النَّار (šayḵ an-nār) — Lucifer
** جَبَل النَّار (jabal an-nār) — volcano
* gunfire

#### Descendants

* Maltese: nar
* Moroccan Arabic: نار (nār)
* → Bengali: নার (nar)
* → Persian: نار (nâr)
* → Ottoman Turkish: نار (nâr)

### References

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

## Kashmiri
### Etymology

Either borrowed from Arabic نار (nār) or inherited from Sanskrit अङ्गार (aṅgāra).

### Noun

نار • (nār) m (Devanagari नार)
* fire

### References

* ↑ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “áṅgāra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

## Khowar
### Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit लहरी (laharī, “billow”)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nɑː.ɾi/, [nɑː.ɾi]
* Hyphenation: نَا‧رِ

### Noun

نَارِ (nāri)
* wave, rapids

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology 1

From Persian نار (nâr), انار (anâr).

#### Noun

نار • (nâr)
* pomegranate

##### Derived terms

* گلنار (gülnar, “flower of the pomegranate”)

##### Descendants

* Turkish: nar
* → Adyghe: нарэ (narɛ)
* → Kabardian: нары (narə)
* → Laz: ნარი (nari)
* → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: нар
    Latin script: nar

### Etymology 2

From Arabic نَار (nār).

#### Noun

نار • (nâr)
* fire

## Persian
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [nɑːɾ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [nɑːɾ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [nɑːɾ]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [nɑːɾ]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [nɔːɾ]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [nɒːɹ]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [nɔɾ]
* Rhymes: -ɑːr

### Etymology 1

From انار (anâr).

#### Noun

نار • (nâr)
* pomegranate

##### Derived terms

* ناربا (nâr-bâ)

##### Descendants

* → Azerbaijani: nar
* → Bulgarian: нар (nar)
* → Gujarati: નાર (nār)
* → Ottoman Turkish: نار (nâr)
** Turkish: nar
** → Adyghe: нарэ (narɛ)
** → Kabardian: нары (narə)
** → Laz: ნარი (nari)
** → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: нар
    Latin script: nar

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic نَار (nār).

#### Noun

نار • (nâr)
* fire
    Synonym: آتش (âtaš)

##### Descendants

* → Gujarati: નાર (nār)

## Punjabi
### Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀡𑀸𑀭𑀻 (ṇārī), from Sanskrit नारी (nā́rī).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Punjabi) IPA: /näːɾᵊ/

### Noun

نار • (nār) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਨਾਰ)
* woman (a beautiful woman)
    Synonym: مُٹیْار (muṭeyār)
* wife

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “نار”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
* “ਨਾਰ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “nā́rī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 406

## Sindhi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Dravidian, compare Tamil நால் (nāl).

### Numeral

نار • (nār)
* four in the game of dakar

### References

* https://encyclopediasindhiana.org/article.php?Dflt=%D8%A7%D9%BD%D9%8A%20%DA%8F%DA%AA%D8%B1

## Southwestern Fars
### Noun

نار (nâr)
* (Masarm, Deh Sarv, Kuzarg) pomegranate

## Ushojo
### Noun

نار (nār)
* root