نذر

العربية

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نذر^¹

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Akin to Aramaic נִדְרָא (niḏrā), Classical Syriac ܢܕܪܐ (neḏrā), Hebrew נֶדֶר (néḏer), Punic 𐤍𐤃𐤓 (ndr) and Ugaritic 𐎐𐎄𐎗 (ndr). It is argued that the sense vow is influenced from Jewish and Christian usage in Aramaic and Hebrew, the sense of “warning” as in أَنْذَرَ (ʔanḏara) and its verbal noun نُذُر (nuḏur) being more particular to Arabic, so the original meaning of the base stem needs to have been “to take heed”.

verb نَذَرَ · naḏara · يَنْذُرُ · يَنْذِرُ · نَذْر · نُذُور

to vow, to pledge إِنِّي نَذَرْتُ لِلرَّحْمَٰنِ صَوْمًا فَلَنْ أُكَلِّمَ الْيَوْمَ إِنسِيًّا
to devote one's son to the service of God
to place in front of a combat

نذر^²

verb نَذِرَ · naḏira · يَنْذَرُ · نَذَر · نَاذِر

to see the danger, to see through the intentions of an enemy and be on one's guard

نذر^³

verb نَذَّرَ · naḏḏara · يُنَذِّرُ · تَنْذِير · مُنَذِّر

to make a vow to, profess before, profess a belief

نذر^⁴

noun نَذْر · naḏr · نُذُور · نُذُر · النَّذْر

a vow; verbal noun of نَذَرَ (naḏara, “to vow, to warn”) (form I)
broadly anything consecrated to God
broadly present to superiors
broadly mulct for wounds

نذر^⁵

noun نُذْر · نُذُر · نَذْر · nuḏr · nuḏur · naḏr

warning, admonition, threat, irregular verbal noun of أَنْذَرَ (ʔanḏara) (form IV) وَلَقَدْ جَاءَ آلَ فِرْعَوْنَ النُّذُرُ كَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا

نذر^⁶

noun نُذُر · nuḏur

plural plural of نَذْر (naḏr)
plural plural of نَذِير (naḏīr)

نذر^⁷

noun نَذَر · naḏar · النَّذَر · نَذَرٌ

noun from verb verbal noun of نَذِرَ (naḏira) (form I)

In English

vow a solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {نذر},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%86%D8%B0%D8%B1},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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