First Adhān

Tanwīr

تَنْوِير

Say it tan-WEER

Illumination, dawn’s brightening

At a glance

Gender
Boy
Arabic root
n-w-r
Origin
Arabic
Also spelled
Tanveer, Tanwir, Tanvir

Meaning & source

Bringing light: “tanwīr is the time when dawn grows bright”; also the blossoming of a tree.

Who carried this name

We have not recorded an early bearer of this name. The word is classical Arabic.

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