عنصر

Arabic
Root
ع ن ص ر (ʕ-n-ṣ-r)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʕun.sˤur/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

عُنْصُر • (ʕunṣur) m (plural عَنَاصِر (ʕanāṣir))

  1. (also chemistry) element
  2. race
    Synonyms: (commoner) عِرْق (ʕirq), (ambiguous) جِنْس (jins)
  3. origin
  4. (chiefly in the plural) member(s) of a group, especially a criminal or militant one

Declension
Declension of noun عُنْصُر (ʕunṣur)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal عُنْصُر
ʕunṣur		 الْعُنْصُر
al-ʕunṣur		 عُنْصُر
ʕunṣur
Nominative عُنْصُرٌ
ʕunṣurun		 الْعُنْصُرُ
al-ʕunṣuru		 عُنْصُرُ
ʕunṣuru
Accusative عُنْصُرًا
ʕunṣuran		 الْعُنْصُرَ
al-ʕunṣura		 عُنْصُرَ
ʕunṣura
Genitive عُنْصُرٍ
ʕunṣurin		 الْعُنْصُرِ
al-ʕunṣuri		 عُنْصُرِ
ʕunṣuri
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal عُنْصُرَيْن
ʕunṣurayn		 الْعُنْصُرَيْن
al-ʕunṣurayn		 عُنْصُرَيْ
ʕunṣuray
Nominative عُنْصُرَانِ
ʕunṣurāni		 الْعُنْصُرَانِ
al-ʕunṣurāni		 عُنْصُرَا
ʕunṣurā
Accusative عُنْصُرَيْنِ
ʕunṣurayni		 الْعُنْصُرَيْنِ
al-ʕunṣurayni		 عُنْصُرَيْ
ʕunṣuray
Genitive عُنْصُرَيْنِ
ʕunṣurayni		 الْعُنْصُرَيْنِ
al-ʕunṣurayni		 عُنْصُرَيْ
ʕunṣuray
Plural basic broken plural diptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal عَنَاصِر
ʕanāṣir		 الْعَنَاصِر
al-ʕanāṣir		 عَنَاصِر
ʕanāṣir
Nominative عَنَاصِرُ
ʕanāṣiru		 الْعَنَاصِرُ
al-ʕanāṣiru		 عَنَاصِرُ
ʕanāṣiru
Accusative عَنَاصِرَ
ʕanāṣira		 الْعَنَاصِرَ
al-ʕanāṣira		 عَنَاصِرَ
ʕanāṣira
Genitive عَنَاصِرَ
ʕanāṣira		 الْعَنَاصِرِ
al-ʕanāṣiri		 عَنَاصِرِ
ʕanāṣiri

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Azerbaijani: ünsür
  • → Malay: unsur
    • > Indonesian: unsur (inherited)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: عنصر (ʿunsur)
    > Turkish: unsur (inherited)
  • → Persian: عنصر ('onsor).
  • → Uyghur: ئۇنسۇر (unsur)
  • → Uzbek: unsur

References
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “عنصر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 760

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عُنْصُر (ʕunṣur).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔʊn.sʊɾ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔʊn.sʊɾ]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔun.suɾ]

Readings
Classical reading? unsur
Dari reading? unsur
Iranian reading? onsor
Tajik reading? unsur

Noun

عنصر • ('onsor)

  1. (chemistry) element

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian عُنْصُر ('unsur), from Arabic عُنْصُر (ʕunṣur).

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /(ʔ)ʊn.sʊɾ/
  • (colloquial) IPA(key): /ʊn.səɾ/
  • Rhymes: -ʊɾ, -əɾ

Noun

عُنْصُر • (ʻunṣur) m (formal plural عَناصِر ('anāsir), Hindi spelling उनसुर)

  1. (chemistry) element, essence
  2. element, component, part

Declension
Declension of عنصر
singular plural
direct عُنْصُر (ʻunṣur) عُنْصُر (ʻunṣur)
oblique عُنْصُر (ʻunṣur) عُنْصُروں (ʻunṣurō̃)
vocative عُنْصُر (ʻunṣur) عُنْصُرو (ʻunṣurō)

Further reading
  • “عنصر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “عنصر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “عنصر”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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