استوى

From root س و ي (s-w-y). Cognate with Hebrew הִשְׁתַּוָּה (hishtawwā).

اِسْتَوَى • (istawā) VIII, non-past يَسْتَوِي‎ (yastawī)

1. (intransitive, reciprocal) to be or become equal or equivalent

   Synonym: تَسَاوَى (tasāwā)

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 41:34:

     وَلَا تَسْتَوِي ٱلْحَسَنَةُ وَلَا ٱلسَّيِّئَةُ ۚ ٱدْفَعْ بِٱلَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ فَإِذَا ٱلَّذِي بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَهُ عَدَاوَةٌ كَأَنَّهُ وَلِيٌّ حَمِيمٌ

     wa-lā tastawī l-ḥasanatu wa-lā s-sayyiʔatu. idfaʕ bi-llatī hiya ʔaḥsanu fa-ʔiḏā llaḏī baynaka wa-baynahu ʕadāwatun kaʔannahu waliyyun ḥamīmun

     And the good deed does not equal the bad: repel by that which is better, whereupon he who is inimical to you will be as if he were a devoted friend.

2. (construed with بِ (bi) or وَ (wa)) to be or become equable with, uniform with, even with, level with
3. to be or become flat, plane or plain

   اِسْتَوَتِ ٱلطَّرِيقُ. ― istawati ṭ-ṭarīqu. ― The road flattened out.

4. to be or become straight, right, direct, or rightly directed
5. to seek or desire what is equal, equable, uniform, even, level, etc.
6. to stand upright
7. to ascend
8. (construed with عَلَى (ʕalā)) sit down (firmly) on, mount
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 25:59:

     ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَا فِي سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٖ ثُمَّ ٱسۡتَوَىٰ عَلَى ٱلۡعَرۡشِۖ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ فَسۡـَٔلۡ بِهِۦ خَبِيرٗا

     Who created the heavens and the Earth and all that is between them in six Days, then He mounted the Throne. The Beneficent! Ask anyone informed concerning Him!

9. to be made or become symmetrical, congruous or consistent
10. to be made, formed or fashioned in a suitable manner
11. to be made or become adapted to the requirements of its case or of wisdom
12. to be made or become complete
13. to be made or become right or good
14. to become rectified, adjusted or put into a right or good state
15. to become full-grown or thoroughly cooked

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “استوى”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “استوى”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

From Arabic اِسْتَوَى (istawā).

• IPA^(key): /as.ta.wa/

استوى • (astawa) VIII (non-past يِسْتَوي (yistawi))

1. to ripen, to become ripe
2. (intransitive) to cook

• مُسْتَوي (mustawi, “ripe; cooked”)

From Arabic اِسْتَوَى (istawā).

• IPA^(key): /is.ta.wa/, [ɪsˈta.wa]

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استوى • (istawa) VIII (present بستوي (bistwi), active participle مستوي (mistwi))

1. to ripen, to become ripe
2. (intransitive) to cook

• مستوي (mistawi, “ripe; cooked”)