نهر

العربية

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نهر¹

  • /nahr/
  • /na.har/

Where it comes from

Inherited from Proto-Semitic *nahar- (“river”).

noun نَهْر · نَهَر · nahr · nahar · أَنْهَار · أَنْهُر

  1. river

نهر²

  • /na.ha.ra/

Where it comes from

Denominal from نَهْر (nahr).

verb نَهَرَ · nahara · يَنْهَرُ · نَهْر · نَاهِر

  1. to flow forth upon, to betide
  2. to yell at, to reprimand, to rebuff, to chide لَا تَنْهَرْ وَالِدَيْكَ!

نهر³

  • /nahr/

noun نَهْر · nahr · النَّهْر · نَهْرٌ

  1. noun from verb verbal noun of نَهَرَ (nahara) (form I)

In English

  • river large stream which drains a landmass
  • betide (intransitive) to happen; to take place — see also bechance, befall

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"نهر." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%86%D9%87%D8%B1. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {نهر},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%86%D9%87%D8%B1},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}

The meanings are in English: this language's words come from the English Wiktionary. From Wiktionary, the free dictionary, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Recordings from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own free license: Ar-نهر.ogg.