سيارة

See also: سیاره and سیارہ

Arabic
Root
س ي ر (s-y-r)

Etymology

Tool noun formed from the characteristic adjective of سَارَ (sāra, “to move, to travel”), as سَيَّار (sayyār, “moving frequently”) +‎ ـَة (-a).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /saj.jaː.ra/
    • (Kuwait) IPA(key): /səj.jɑː.rə/
    • (Moroccan) IPA(key): /sij.jaː.ra/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

سَيَّارَة • (sayyāra) f (plural سَيَّارَات (sayyārāt))

  1. automobile, car, motorcar
  2. (collective) caravan, travellers
    Synonym: قَافِلَة (qāfila)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 12:19:
      وَجَاءَتْ سَيَّارَةٌ فَأَرْسَلُوا وَارِدَهُمْ فَأَدْلَى دَلْوَهُ قَالَ يَا بُشْرَى هَٰذَا غُلَامٌ وَأَسَرُّوهُ بِضَاعَةً وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ
      wa-jāʔat sayyāratun fa-ʔarsalū wāridahum fa-ʔadlā dalwahu qāla yā bušrā hāḏā ḡulāmun wa-ʔasarrūhu biḍāʕatan wa-l-lahu ʕalīmun bi-mā yaʕmalūna
      And there came some travellers, and they sent their water-boy who let down his bucket into the well. He cried out, “Oh, what a great find! Here is a boy!” And they took him secretly ˹to be sold˺ as merchandise, but Allah is All-Knowing of what they did.
  3. (dated, by ellipsis of كَوْكَب سَيَّار (kawkab sayyār)) planet

Declension
Declension of noun سَيَّارَة (sayyāra)
Singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal سَيَّارَة
sayyāra		 السَّيَّارَة
as-sayyāra		 سَيَّارَة
sayyārat
Nominative سَيَّارَةٌ
sayyāratun		 السَّيَّارَةُ
as-sayyāratu		 سَيَّارَةُ
sayyāratu
Accusative سَيَّارَةً
sayyāratan		 السَّيَّارَةَ
as-sayyārata		 سَيَّارَةَ
sayyārata
Genitive سَيَّارَةٍ
sayyāratin		 السَّيَّارَةِ
as-sayyārati		 سَيَّارَةِ
sayyārati
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal سَيَّارَتَيْن
sayyāratayn		 السَّيَّارَتَيْن
as-sayyāratayn		 سَيَّارَتَيْ
sayyāratay
Nominative سَيَّارَتَانِ
sayyāratāni		 السَّيَّارَتَانِ
as-sayyāratāni		 سَيَّارَتَا
sayyāratā
Accusative سَيَّارَتَيْنِ
sayyāratayni		 السَّيَّارَتَيْنِ
as-sayyāratayni		 سَيَّارَتَيْ
sayyāratay
Genitive سَيَّارَتَيْنِ
sayyāratayni		 السَّيَّارَتَيْنِ
as-sayyāratayni		 سَيَّارَتَيْ
sayyāratay
Plural sound feminine plural
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal سَيَّارَات
sayyārāt		 السَّيَّارَات
as-sayyārāt		 سَيَّارَات
sayyārāt
Nominative سَيَّارَاتٌ
sayyārātun		 السَّيَّارَاتُ
as-sayyārātu		 سَيَّارَاتُ
sayyārātu
Accusative سَيَّارَاتٍ
sayyārātin		 السَّيَّارَاتِ
as-sayyārāti		 سَيَّارَاتِ
sayyārāti
Genitive سَيَّارَاتٍ
sayyārātin		 السَّيَّارَاتِ
as-sayyārāti		 سَيَّارَاتِ
sayyārāti

Descendants

References
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “سيار”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “سير”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Gulf Arabic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic سَيَّارَة (sayyāra).

Pronunciation
  • (Kuwait) IPA(key): /səjːɑːrə/

Noun

سيارة • (sayyāra) f (construct state سيارة (sayyārat), plural سيايير (siyāyīr) or سيارات (sayyārāt))

  1. car, automobile, motorcar
    امس وديت السيارة القراج عشان يغيرون الزيت.
    I took the car to the mechanic yesterday to change the oil

South Levantine Arabic
Root
س ي ر
3 terms
سيّارات عتيقة في كوبا ― vintage cars in Cuba

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic سَيَّارَة (sayyāra).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /saj.jaː.ra/, [sajˈjɑː.rɑ]
  • Audio (Amman)(file)

Noun

سيّارة • (sayyāra) f (plural سيّارات (sayyārāt))

  1. car, automobile
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