How do you say "Ansari" in Arabic?

أَنْصَارِي (anṣārī).

What is the root of أَنْصَارِي and what does it mean?

It comes from the triliteral root ن ص ر (n-ṣ-r), meaning 'to aid, help, assist' — the same root gives نَصْرٌ (aid, victory) and أَنْصَارٌ (helpers).

أَنْصَارِي Ansari in Arabic

أَنْصَارِي is how you say “Ansari” in Arabic.

Root ن ص ر n-ṣ-r. noun/adjective (nisba, relational form). anṣārī.

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Meaning of Ansari in Arabic

Ansari; a helper, one connected with the anṣār ('helpers') A nisba (relational) adjective built on anṣār; widely used today as a personal or family name.
of or belonging to the anṣār Adjectival use, describing something characteristic of or attributed to 'helpers.'

Example sentence

قال يقول عمير بن الحمام الأنصاري رضي الله عنه يا رسول الله جنة عرضها السماوات والأرض؟

Umayr bin Al-Humam Al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) said: 'O Messenger of Allah, a paradise as vast as the heavens and the earth?'

الأَنْصَارِيُّ Al-Ansari

This noun carries 'the' and is a tribal-attribution name, 'the Ansari', built with a relation ending that turns a group-name into 'belonging to the Ansar'. It describes the companion and agrees with his name in being definite.

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How it is used

Built as a nisba (relational adjective) on anṣār, 'helpers'; the given gloss 'Ansari' reflects its common use today as a personal or family name rather than a plain descriptive adjective.

Words from the same root

نَصَرَهُ he aided, helped, or assisted him (form I)
نَصْرٌ aid, help; victory
نُصْرَةٌ aid, assistance
أَنْصَارٌ helpers (the plural base this word's nisba is formed from)
انتصر he defended himself; took revenge (form VIII)
استنصر he sought or asked for aid (form X)
نَصْرَانِىٌّ a Christian (a separate branch of the same root)

Common questions

How do you say "Ansari" in Arabic?: أَنْصَارِي (anṣārī).
What is the root of أَنْصَارِي and what does it mean?: It comes from the triliteral root ن ص ر (n-ṣ-r), meaning 'to aid, help, assist' — the same root gives نَصْرٌ (aid, victory) and أَنْصَارٌ (helpers).

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Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).