# نسر
## Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Proto-West Semitic *našr-, whence was derived the denominal root ن س ر (n s r).

#### Noun

نَسْر • (nasr) m (plural نُسُور (nusūr) or نُسُورَة (nusūra))
* (zoology) a vulture
* (dialectal) an eagle
    Synonym: عُقَاب (ʕuqāb)

##### Usage notes

The word is commonly used to refer to eagles, especially in the dialects. This use, however, is almost unanimously criticized by prescriptivists, who maintain that عُقَاب (ʕuqāb) should be used instead.

##### Derived terms

* النَّسْر الطَّائِر (an-nasr aṭ-ṭāʔir)
* اَلنَّسْر اَلْوَاقِع (an-nasr al-wāqiʕ)

#### Verb

نَسَرَ • (nasara) I (non-past يَنْسِرُ (yansiru) or يَنْسُرُ (yansuru), verbal noun نَسْر (nasr))
* to cut, pierce, or slit, especially like a vulture or another bird of prey
    Synonym: قَطَعَ (qaṭaʕa)
** to pluck
    Synonym: نَتَفَ (natafa)
* (figurative) to bad-mouth, to malign, to abuse verbally, to slander, to slur

##### Conjugation
#### Verb

نَسَّرَ • (nassara) II (non-past يُنَسِّرُ (yunassiru), verbal noun تَنْسِير (tansīr))
* to rip or tear

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nasr/

#### Proper noun

نَسْر • (nasr) m
* Nasr, one of the of five false gods worshipped by the people of Noah.
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 71:23:وَقَالُوا لَا تَذَرُنَّ ءَالِهَتَكُمْ وَلَا تَذَرُنَّ وَدًّا وَلَا سُوَاعًا وَلَا يَغُوثَ وَيَعُوقَ وَنَسْرًاwaqālū lā taḏarunna ʔālihatakum walā taḏarunna waddan walā suwāʕan walā yaḡūṯa wayaʕūqa wanasranand said (to their people), “Never forsake your gods, and never forsake Wadd, nor Suwā‘, nor Yaghūth and Ya‘ūq and Nasr.”

##### Declension
### Etymology 3
#### Verb

نسر (form I)
* نَسِرْ (nasir) /na.sir/: first-person plural non-past active jussive of سَارَ (sāra)
* نُسَرْ (nusar) /nu.sar/: first-person plural non-past passive jussive of سَارَ (sāra)

### Etymology 4
#### Verb

نسر (form I)
* نَسُرُّ (nasurru) /na.sur.ru/: first-person plural non-past active indicative of سَرَّ (sarra)
* نُسَرُّ (nusarru) /nu.sar.ru/: first-person plural non-past passive indicative of سَرَّ (sarra) and سُرَّ (surra)
* نَسُرَّ (nasurra) /na.sur.ra/: first-person plural non-past active subjunctive/jussive of سَرَّ (sarra)
* نُسَرَّ (nusarra) /nu.sar.ra/: first-person plural non-past passive subjunctive/jussive of سَرَّ (sarra) and سُرَّ (surra)
* نَسُرِّ (nasurri) /na.sur.ri/: first-person plural non-past active jussive of سَرَّ (sarra)
* نُسَرِّ (nusarri) /nu.sar.ri/: first-person plural non-past passive jussive of سَرَّ (sarra) and سُرَّ (surra)
* نَسَرُّ (nasarru) /na.sar.ru/: first-person plural non-past active indicative of سَرَّ (sarra)
* نَسَرَّ (nasarra) /na.sar.ra/: first-person plural non-past active subjunctive/jussive of سَرَّ (sarra)
* نَسَرِّ (nasarri) /na.sar.ri/: first-person plural non-past active jussive of سَرَّ (sarra)

### Etymology 5
#### Verb

نسر (form IV)
* نُسِرُّ (nusirru) /nu.sir.ru/: first-person plural non-past active indicative of أَسَرَّ (ʔasarra)
* نُسَرُّ (nusarru) /nu.sar.ru/: first-person plural non-past passive indicative of أَسَرَّ (ʔasarra)
* نُسِرَّ (nusirra) /nu.sir.ra/: first-person plural non-past active subjunctive/jussive of أَسَرَّ (ʔasarra)
* نُسَرَّ (nusarra) /nu.sar.ra/: first-person plural non-past passive subjunctive/jussive of أَسَرَّ (ʔasarra)
* نُسِرِّ (nusirri) /nu.sir.ri/: first-person plural non-past active jussive of أَسَرَّ (ʔasarra)
* نُسَرِّ (nusarri) /nu.sar.ri/: first-person plural non-past passive jussive of أَسَرَّ (ʔasarra)

## Moroccan Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic نَسْر (nasr).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nsar/

### Noun

نسر • (nsar) m (plural نسور (nsūr) or نسورة (nsūra))
* an eagle

## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نَسْر (nasr).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [nasɾ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [näsɾ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [näsɾ]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [näsɾ]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [näsɾ]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [næsɹ]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [näsɾ]

### Noun

نسر • (nasr)
* vulture
    Synonyms: کرگس (kargas), لاشخور (lâšxor)
* eagle
    Synonyms: عقاب ('oqâb), شهباز (šahbâz), دال (dâl)

### References

* Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “نسر”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
* Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “نسر”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
* Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “نسر”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic نَسْر (nasr).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nisr/, [nɪ.s(ɪ)r]
* Audio (Ramallah):(file)

### Noun

نسر • (nisr) m (plural نسورة (nsūra))
* eagle
* vulture