different between nur vs allein

English

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

Albanian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nu?]

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

Esperanto

Etymology

From German nur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nur/
• Hyphenation: nur
• Audio:

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.

German

Etymology

From late Middle High German nuor, contracted from older niwer, newære, from Old High German niw?ri, ni w?ri (“were it not”). Cognate with Yiddish ????? (nor), Dutch maar, Old English n?re.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nu???/
• Rhymes: -u???

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

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto nur, German nur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nur/

Adverb

nur

1. only, merely

Derived terms

• nura

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic ????? (n?r).

Noun

nur (Jawi spelling ????, 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.

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

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nur/

Noun

nur m anim

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

Declension

Related terms

• (verbs) nurza?, nurkowa?
• (nouns) nur, nurek, nurkowanie, nurnik, nurzanie, nurzaniec, nurzec, nurzyk

Further reading

• nur in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• nur in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?nu?/

Preposition

nur (+ dative, triggers eclipsis)

1. in your (formal and/or plural)

Inflection

Romanian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ????, from Arabic ????? (n?r).

Noun

nur m (plural nuri)

1. sex appeal

Declension

Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic ????? (n?r).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nu?/

Noun

nur (definite accusative nuru, plural nurlar)

1. (Islam) The Holy Light

Declension

German

Etymology

From Middle High German al-ein. Cognate with Middle English al-one, English alone, Low German alleene (Münsterländisch), alläine (Sauerländisch).

Alternative forms

• alleine (chiefly colloquial, only occasionally in formal writing)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?la?n/
• Rhymes: -a??n

Adjective

allein (not comparable)

1. (only predicative) alone

Declension

Adverb

allein

1. alone

2. (formal, literary) only

Synonyms

• nur, bloß
• ausschließlich

Derived terms

• alleinig

Related terms

• alleinerziehend, Alleingang, alleinherrschend, Alleinherrscher, alleinreisend, alleinstehend, Alleinstellung

See also

• einsam

References

Further reading

• “allein” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache