Nur in Scrabble Dictionary

Valid words made from Nur

You can make 6 words from 'nur' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

• 3 letters words from 'nur'
• 2 letters words from 'nur'

3 letters words from 'nur'

NUR 3	RUN 3
URN 3

2 letters words from 'nur'

NU 2	UN 2
UR 2

Definitions and meaning of nur

nur

Etymology

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Noun

nur (plural nurs)

1. A hard knot in wood; a knur or knurl.
2. (obsolete) A hard knob of wood used in playing hockey.
   • W. Howitt

     I think I'm as hard as a nur, and as tough as whitleather.

Anagrams

• URN, run, urn

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Albanian

Etymology

From Turkish nur, from Arabic نور‎ (“light”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nuɾ]

Noun

nur m (indefinite plural nure, definite singular nuri, definite plural nuret)

1. facial expression, face, appearance
2. dazzling beauty
3. outward appearance (of a person)

Derived terms

• nurbardhë
• nurmadh
• nursëz
• nurshëm
• nurzi

References

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Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Arabic نُور‎ (nūr).

Noun

nur (definite accusative nuru, plural nurlar)

1. (poetic) light

   Synonym: işıq

   Antonym: zülmət

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

• “nur” in Obastan.com.

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Esperanto

Etymology

From German nur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nur]
• Audio:
• Hyphenation: nur

Adverb

nur

1. only, just
   • 1888, L. L. Zamenhof, Dua Libro de l' Lingvo Internacia, Project Gutenberg transcription

     Se mi nur estus sana, mi estus tute kontenta.

     If only I would be healthy, I would be fully content.

Descendants

• Ido: nur

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German

Etymology

From late Middle High German nuor, contracted from older niwer, newære, from Old High German niwāri, ni wāri (“were it not”). Cognate with Yiddish נאָר‎ (nor), Dutch maar, Old English nǣre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nuːɐ̯/
• Rhymes: -uːɐ̯

Adverb

nur

1. only, just, merely, simply

   Synonyms: bloß, allein

2. ever; at all

   Synonyms: immer, überhaupt

3. however, though

   Synonyms: allerdings, jedoch

Derived terms

• nur zu
• nur nicht

Conjunction

nur

1. (chiefly colloquial) but

Synonyms

• aber

Descendants

• Esperanto: nur
  • Ido: nur

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Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto nur, German nur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nur/

Adverb

nur

1. only, merely

Derived terms

• nura

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Malay

Etymology

From Arabic نُور‎ (nūr).

Noun

nur (Jawi spelling نور‎, plural nur-nur, informal 1st possessive nurku, impolite 2nd possessive nurmu, 3rd possessive nurnya)

1. light

   Synonym: cahaya

Further reading

• “nur” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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Nzadi

Noun

núr (plural núr)

1. body

Further reading

• Crane, Thera; Larry Hyman; Simon Nsielanga Tukumu (2011) A grammar of Nzadi [B.865]: a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, →ISBN

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Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *nurъ, *norъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nur/
• Rhymes: -ur
• Syllabification: nur

Noun

nur m anim

1. loon (bird of order Gaviiformes)
2. dive, plunge (a jump into water)

Declension

Related terms

• (verbs) nurzać, nurkować
• (nouns) nur, nurek, nurkowanie, nurnik, nurzanie, nurzaniec, nurzec, nurzyk

Further reading

• nur in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• nur in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Romanian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish نور‎, from Arabic نُور‎ (nūr).

Noun

nur m (plural nuri)

1. sex appeal

Declension

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Univerbation of an (“in”) +‎ ur (“your”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnuɾ/

Preposition

nur (+ dative, triggers eclipsis)

1. in your (formal and/or plural)

Inflection

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Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic نُور‎ (nūr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nuɾ/

Noun

nur (definite accusative nuru, plural nurlar)

1. (Islam) The Holy Light

Declension

Source: wiktionary.org

• a knot in wood.
  (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)