Arabic vocabulary
أَنْصَارِيAnsari in Arabic
أَنْصَارِي is how you say “Ansari” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Root ن ص ر (n-ṣ-r)noun/adjective (nisba, relational form)Pronounced anṣārī
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.'
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
- نَصَرَهُhe aided, helped, or assisted him (form I)
- نَصْرٌaid, help; victory
- نُصْرَةٌaid, assistance
- أَنْصَارٌhelpers (the plural base this word's nisba is formed from)
- انتصرhe defended himself; took revenge (form VIII)
- استنصرhe sought or asked for aid (form X)
- نَصْرَانِىٌّa 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).
Definitions synthesised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).
Example sentences
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.
From: A Handful of Dates and Paradise →
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