naor

Riyan

Etymology

From Old Riyan naod, from Proto-Riyanic *nahṓdu, from Proto-Hirdic *naṯṓchus (“evening”), from Proto-Laenkean *natowcʰos (“night”). The meaning of "evening" remained until around the 4th century where it began to shift in meaning to the amount of time between two evenings. Eventually, this came to be the general term for the period of one day (i.e. 24 hours). This is contrast to zúl which, though it originally meant "day" in both senses, narrowed to only mean "daytime" (i.e. the period between sunset and sunrise) to accommodate the semantic shifting of naor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔr/
• Rhyme: -ɔr ⁽⁵⁾

Noun

naor (dual naorad, plural naodis, collective naodiva)

1. day (period of 24 hours)

Derived terms

• annaor (“one day”)
• nannaor (“week”)
• tonaor (“today”)

See also

• zúl (“daytime”)

Mutation

Riyan mutation
radical	lenited
naor	unchanged