(a), “lighthouse”, an elevated place where a light or beacon is established; the means of marking (with fire, originally) routes for caravans or for the army in war; lampstand (“candelabrum”, archaic meaning); minaret (in this sense normally in the fern., manāra , whereas for “lighthouse”, in both the masc. and fem., manār , manāra). In some modern Arabic dictionaries we also find fanār . It is by chance that this latter word resembles phare (French), faro (Italian, Spanish, which derive their origin from Pharos = the islet situated at the entranc…