How to say "light" in Arabic
Shifted meaningMeaninglight
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
نُور
nūrנור
نور
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
אור
orأُور
How the two words are related
Shifted meaning
Same root as a Hebrew word, but the meaning drifted over the centuries.
Arabic root
ن-و-رHebrew root
נ-ו-רNūr shares the root נ-ו-ר with Hebrew menorah and ner — Arabic kept the light itself, Hebrew kept the lamps that make it.
Related Hebrew word:מנורהmenoraمِنُورَا
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How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
ضَو
ḍawצ'וA different word: ḍaw is light, and also the electricity.
In a phrase
نُور الشَّمْس
nūr ash-shamsנור א-שמסsunlight