onir

Onir is a term with multiple uses across language and culture. In linguistic and scholarly contexts, it is commonly encountered as a form related to the Greek root for dream. The more standard prefixes used in English are oneir- and oneiro-, which form dream-related terms such as oneiric (dreamlike) and oneirography (the recording or study of dreams). The form onir- is less common in standard English and tends to appear as a truncation, in loanwords from other languages, or in stylistic branding.

Outside linguistic usage, Onir is the stage name of an Indian film director known for LGBT-themed works, most prominently My Brother... Nikhil. The name is also encountered as a given name or brand in various contexts, but there is no single, widely recognized nonlinguistic meaning attached to it. When encountered in text, the intended sense of onir typically becomes clear from surrounding context, whether referring to dream-related terminology or to a personal or artistic proper noun. See also related terms such as oneiro- and oneiric for broader discussion of dream-related roots.