Given name · Arabic · Persian · Urdu
نور
“light”
نور (nūr) is a unisex given name from Proto-Semitic. It is used in Arabic, Urdu, and Persian.
Arabic and Persian and UrduWritten in Arabic script, read right to left. In English: Nur.
Meaning & origin
نور’s family of names
In Urdu usage, نور shares a linguistic root with the Bengali form নূর. In Arabic usage, نور has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Nur. In Persian usage, نور can be written in the Roman alphabet as Nur.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
نور has relatives in 5 languages.
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Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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