Proto-Semitic root
*nūr-
‘fire’ 1, ‘to shine, sparkle’ 2, ‘light’ 3, ‘lamp’ 4
di Mino’s gloss: light, fire; to shine; lamp
Record 1196 ↗ · SED semet 1249 · Basis: SED, meaning edited
In Linear A5 entries
*301-U-RAnauralight, radiance (personal name or epithet)CandidateSemitic1*47-NU-RA-JAŠū-nūrayapersonal name, 'He is light'SpeculativeSemitic1JA-I-NWA-ROyā ʾanwaruO Radiant One (vocative + elative of √n-w-r 'light'), divine epithetSpeculativeSemitic1NU-ROnūr-light, fire (divine epithet or votive label on clay vessels)CandidateSemitic2QA-MI-*47-NA-RAqāmī šū-nārapersonal name, 'who stands: He is fire'SpeculativeSemitic13D
Reflexes14 languages
East Semitic2
- Akkadiannamru, nawru 2 (CAD N/1 239)nawāru 2nūru 3 (Kogan 2011, 195)nūru in bīt nūri, ša nūri 4 (CAD N/2 351)gloss withheld
- Eblaiticcf. na₄ na-mur-ra-tum 2 (ARET V 5; ELISIR s.v. na-mur-ra-tum)gloss withheld
Northwest Semitic7
- Ugariticnr 3, 4 (DULAT 633)/nēru/ or /nīru/ 4 (UVST 152)gloss withheld
- Hebrewnūr 1nēr 3 (Kogan 2011, 195), 4 (HALOT 723)gloss withheld
- Judaic Aramaicnūrā 1
- Syrian Aramaicnūr, nūrā ‘fire’ 1 (Payne Smith 334)
- Amoritenwr 2: janūrnūrum 3 (Gelb AS 21, 28)nīru, niwru, niwar, yanwur (Buck 2019, 330)gloss withheld
- Biblical Aramaicnūr 1 (HALOT BArm. s.v. נוּר)gloss withheld
- Phoeniciannr 3 (B 363)gloss withheld
Arabic2
- Pre-Islamic North ArabianSafaitic nr 3 (Al-Jallad 2026, 106)gloss withheld
- Arabicnwr (u) 2nūr- 3, nār- 1 (Kogan 2011, 195)gloss withheld
Epigraphic South Arabian1
- Epigraphic South Arabiannwr 2 (Sabaweb lemma 7173)gloss withheld
Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian2
- Tigrenor 3 (Kogan 2011, 195)gloss withheld
- Mehrinawr 3 (Kogan 2011, 195)gloss withheld
† Gloss withheld: the cited dictionary’s licence is closed, so its form and page stand without its gloss.