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Nasrani|næzˈrɑːnɪ|
Also Nasrany, etc. Pl. Nasara, etc.
[Arab. Naṣrānī, pl. Naṣārā cogn. with Nazarene a. and n.]
A Christian, so called by Muslims; = Nazarene n. 1 b.
1583J. Newbery Let. 15 July in Purchas Pilgrimes (1625) II. ix. xviii. 1643 In Aleppo I hired two Nastraynes, and one of them hath the Indian tongue. 1615G. Sandys Relation III. 153 On the twentieth of March with the rising Sunne we departed. A small remainder of that great Caruan; the Nostraines (so name they the Christians of the East) that rid vpon Mules and Asses being gone before. 1792R. Heron tr. Niebuhr's Trav. Arabia II. xxvi. v. 242 In Arabia, the Christians are called Nassara or Nusrani. 1820J. G. Jackson Acct. Timbuctoo & Housa 510 It is not correct to assert that Nasari is a general term, applied to infidels in Muhamed; it is applied to Christians only. 1826Denham & Clapperton Narrative p. xxxi, You were the first man whose hand I ever touched—but they all said it did not signify with you, an Insara (a Christian). 1836E. W. Lane Account II. iv. 52 The kelbs before removal from their original places are called Nasa'ra (or Christians, in the singular, Nusra'nee). 1844J. H. D. Hay Western Barbary xi. 76/2 The inhabitants rushed out from their houses to have a sight of the Ensara. 1888C. M. Doughty Trav. Arabia Deserta II. xvii. 514 When I responded,..Sâlem exclaimed, ‘Ullah! how truly the Nasrâny speaks!’ 1905Jewish Encycl. IX. 195/1 In the Koran also the Christians are called ‘Al-Naṣ ara’. The name may be traced back to Nazareth, Jesus' birth⁓place. 1912Catholic Encycl. XIV. 681/1 The St. Thomas Christians now prefer to be called Nasrani (Nazarenes), the designation given by the Mohammedans to all Christians. 1926R. Bell Origin Islam v. 149 If we could be sure that Ṣābi'īn denoted the Christians of South Arabia, Naṣārā would then denote specially those of the north. But we shall not..go far wrong in taking it as meant to denote Christians in general. The word Naṣārā is apparently derived from Nazaraioi, which is mentioned as the name of a Jewish-Christian sect. 1936F. Stark Southern Gates Arabia iv. 40 About fifty children pursued, calling ‘Nasrani’ in a monotonous but not insulting way. 1937R. Bell tr. Qur'ān I. xxii. 318/2 Those who have believed, those who have judaised, the Ṣābi'īn, the Naṣārā, the Magians, and the Polytheists—verily Allah will distinguish between them on the day of resurrection. 1958L. Durrell Balthazar iv. 87 He, a city-bred Alexandrian—almost a despised Nasrany—could out-shoot, out-talk and out-gallop..them. 1963Times 14 Feb. 14/7 They drew aside and conferred among themselves since a Nasrani or Christian is seldom met in their deserts. |