Etymograph

English

Mansur

Mansur comes from Arabic مَنْصُور ‘a male given name, Mansur and Mansour’, and goes back to نَصَرَ ‘to support’.

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentنَصَرَnaṣara‘to support’
  2. Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentمَنْصُورmanṣūr‘a male given name, Mansur and Mansour’
  3. EnglishtodayMansur

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentنَصَرَnaṣara‘to support’
  2. Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentمَنْصُورmanṣūr‘a male given name, Mansur and Mansour’
  3. EnglishtodayMansur

Today it means

name A transliteration of the Arabic male given name مَنْصُور (manṣūr)

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Arabic نَصَرَ / Mansur