سور

See also: سؤر, شور, سؤز, and سوز

Arabic

Etymology 1

Argued to be a loan from Aramaic שׂוּרָא / ܫܘܪܐ (šūrā), but other cognates such as Sabaean 𐩣𐩬𐩪𐩥𐩧𐩩 (mns¹wrt, walls) and Tigre ሶር (sor, partition wall) (unless that form is itself borrowed from Arabic) suggest that it may in fact be inherited.

Noun

سُور • (sūr) m (plural أَسْوَار (ʔaswār) or سِيرَان (sīrān))

  1. wall that encloses and protects a building
Declension
References
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 237
  • Kogan, Leonid (2015) Genealogical Classification of Semitic. The Lexical Isoglosses, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 397
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “سور”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

Verb

سَوَّرَ • (sawwara) II, non-past يُسَوِّرُ‎ (yusawwiru)

  1. to enclose with a wall or fences
Conjugation

Noun

سُوَر • (suwar) f pl

  1. plural of سُورَة (sūra)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic سُور (sūr, wall), argued to be a loan from Aramaic שׂוּרָא (šūrā, wall, fortification).

Noun

سور • (sur) (definite accusative سوری (surı), plural اسوار (esvar) or سیران (sirân))

  1. wall, any structure built with stones, earth etc. built for defensive pruposes, surrounding a place
    Synonym: دیوار (duvar)
Descendants
  • Turkish: sur

Further reading

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Persian سور (sur, nuptials), from Old Persian *θūryas (banquet, feast).

Noun

سور • (sur)

  1. wedding, nuptials, the ceremony that marks the beginning of a marriage
    Synonyms: دوگون (düğün), عرس (ʼurs)
Descendants

Further reading

Pashto

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *cuxráh.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sur/

Adjective

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سور • (sur)

  1. red

Declension

See also

Colors in Pashto · رنګونه (ranguna) (layout · text)
     سپين (spin)      خړ (xëṛ)      تور (tor)
             سور (sur)              نارنجي (nâranji); نسواري (naswâri)              ژېړ (žeṛ)
                          شين (šin)             
                                       شين (shin)
             چوڼيا (čuṇyâ); نيلي (nili)              کینخي (kinaxi)              ګلابي (gwëlâbi)

Persian

Etymology

From Old Persian *θūryas (banquet, feast), from Proto-Iranian *cuHryás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćuHryás, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewH- (to shine), see also Sanskrit श्वस् (śvas, tomorrow).[1][2] Related to Northern Kurdish sor (red).

Noun

سور • (sur)

  1. nuptials
  2. banquet, feast, entertainment

References

  1. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. (1861). India: Bishop's College Press, p. 341
  2. de Vaan, Michiel (2003) Beekes, R.S.P., Lubotsky, A., Weitenberg, J.J.S., editors, The Avestan Vowels (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 12), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit सूअर (sūara), from Sanskrit सूकर (sūkara). Compare Urdu سؤر (sū'ar).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /suː.ɾᵊ/
  • Rhymes: -uː.ɾᵊ

Noun

سُوْر • (sūr) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਸੂਰ)

  1. pig, swine

References

  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sūkará”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 780
  • سور”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024

Southeast Pashayi

Etymology

From Sanskrit सूर्य (sūrya).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): [sʊr]

Noun

سوُر (sor)

  1. sun

Further reading

Ushojo

Noun

سور (sōr)

  1. rider
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