Nisar: meaning, origin and pronunciation
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نثار
نِثَار
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Nisar (نثار, Arabic نِثَار) means “devoted; offered up”. It comes from the Arabic root ن ث ر. Source: Lane, Arabic–English Lexicon, ن ث ر; Platts, Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi and English, نثار.
- Meaning
- devoted; offered up
- معنی
- قربان، نچھاور
Where it comes from
Arabic nithār is what is scattered, as coins over a bride; in Urdu nisār means sacrificed for, devoted.
- Say it
- ni-saarAudio recordings coming later
- Root
- ن ث ر
- Other spellings
- Nisaar · Nissar
- Themes
- Kindness