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When I was doing research on the passengers of the RMS Titanic, I found this name as the name of one of the third-class survivors. Her last name was Ayoub Daher and she was from Lebanon. So I'm guessing Banoura is an Arabic name. But what does it mean?
This message was edited 6/5/2012, 10:55 AM
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Banoura, Banora or Bannoura is an Arabic name: بنورة
I find it difficult to be sure what it means. I have two possibilities:
1. it could be the combination of 'bi' (with, through, etc.) and 'nour' (light) with an 'a' behind it to make it feminine. In this case the meaning would be something like 'with light'. That would be pretty, but I don't really think this is what the name means. Starting a name with 'bi' seems strange to me.
2. On the internet I find people saying it means 'vase' in the Egyptian dialect, or something like a piece of thick glass. I can't find it in my dictionary of modern standard Arabic, but I think this is the more likely meaning.
http://www.allthelyrics.com/forum/arabic-lyrics-translation/133852-farid-el-atrache-noura-noura.html
http://boardreader.com/thread/Egyptian_Arabic_bnurah_uxz6eX1f8u7.html
I find it difficult to be sure what it means. I have two possibilities:
1. it could be the combination of 'bi' (with, through, etc.) and 'nour' (light) with an 'a' behind it to make it feminine. In this case the meaning would be something like 'with light'. That would be pretty, but I don't really think this is what the name means. Starting a name with 'bi' seems strange to me.
2. On the internet I find people saying it means 'vase' in the Egyptian dialect, or something like a piece of thick glass. I can't find it in my dictionary of modern standard Arabic, but I think this is the more likely meaning.
http://www.allthelyrics.com/forum/arabic-lyrics-translation/133852-farid-el-atrache-noura-noura.html
http://boardreader.com/thread/Egyptian_Arabic_bnurah_uxz6eX1f8u7.html
This message was edited 6/22/2012, 1:12 PM
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Thank you! I really appreciate the help.
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