نذر

Meaning

Verb

1. to vow, to pledge
2. to devote one's son to the service of God
3. to place in front of a combat

Noun

1. (form-of, noun-from-verb) verbal noun of نَذَرَ (naḏara, “to vow, to warn”) (form I)
2. verbal noun of نَذَرَ (naḏara, “to vow, to warn”) (form I)
3. verbal noun of نَذَرَ (naḏara, “to vow, to warn”) (form I)
4. verbal noun of نَذَرَ (naḏara, “to vow, to warn”) (form I)
5. verbal noun of نَذَرَ (naḏara, “to vow, to warn”) (form I)

Noun

warning, admonition, threat, irregular verbal noun of أَنْذَرَ (ʔanḏara) (form IV)

Noun

1. (form-of, plural) plural of نَذْر (naḏr)
2. (form-of, plural) plural of نَذِير (naḏīr)

Noun

verbal noun of نَذِرَ (naḏira) (form I)

Concepts

alarm system

caution

dedicate

on guard

pledge

vow

warn

warnings

be on guard

be warned

alarm systems

Etymology

Akin to Aramaic נִדְרָא (niḏrā), Classical Syriac ܢܕܪܐ (neḏrā), Hebrew נֶדֶר (néḏer), Punic 𐤍𐤃𐤓 (ndr) and Ugaritic 𐎐𐎄𐎗 (ndr). It is argued that the sense vow is influenced from Jewish and Christian usage in Aramaic and Hebrew, the sense of “warning” as in أَنْذَرَ (ʔanḏara) and its verbal noun نُذُر (nuḏur) being more particular to Arabic, so the original meaning of the base stem needs to have been “to take heed”.