Mahnoor: meaning, origin and pronunciation
GirlPersian
ماہ نور
ماهنور
Classical source identified (draft)Awaiting scholar review
Mahnoor (ماہ نور, Persian ماهنور) means “moonlight”. Source: Steingass, Comprehensive Persian–English Dictionary, ماه; Lane, Arabic–English Lexicon, ن و ر.
- Meaning
- moonlight
- معنی
- چاند کی روشنی
Where it comes from
A modern compound of Persian māh (moon) and Arabic nūr (light); both parts are in our dictionaries, the compound itself is a recent coinage.
- Say it
- maah-noorAudio recordings coming later
- Other spellings
- Mehnoor · Mahnur