ثريا

See also: ثریا

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ث ر و (ṯ-r-w)

Diminutive of ثَرِيّ (ṯariyy, many, numerous, abundant) from the root ث ر و (ṯ-r-w) meaning "to be great in number or quantity", "to be numerous", "to be abundant", "to possess much"; literally "the little one possessing many" or "the dear abundant one".

Proper noun

الثُّرَيَّا • (aṯ-ṯurayyā) f

  1. the Pleiades
  2. a high place in the sky
Descendants
  • Azerbaijani: Sürəyya
  • Chagatai: ثریا
    • Uyghur: سۇرەييا (sureyya)
    • Uzbek: Surayyo
  • Ottoman Turkish: ثریا (Süreyyâ)
  • Persian: ثریا (sorayyâ)
  • Tajik: Сурайё (Surayyo)
  • Urdu: ثریا (sryā)

Etymology 2

From likening the cluster of lamps to the asterism of the Pleiades.

Alternative forms

Noun

ثُرَيَّا • (ṯurayyā) f (dual ثُرَيَّان (ṯurayyān), plural ثُرَيَّات (ṯurayyāt))

  1. chandelier
Declension

References

  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “ثريا”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 335–336
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “ثريا”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 152
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