صورة

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ص و ر (ṣ-w-r). Compare Hebrew צוּרָה (form, shape).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˤuː.ra/
  • (file)

Noun

صُورَة • (ṣūra) f (plural صُوَر (ṣuwar) or صُور (ṣūr) or صِوَر (ṣiwar))

  1. form, shape, figure, image, picture
  2. photograph
  3. appearance
  4. attribute
  5. manner
  6. character
  7. face

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • بِصُورَة خَاصَّة (bi-ṣūra ḵāṣṣa, especially)
  • بِصُورَة رَسْمِيَّة (bi-ṣūra rasmiyya, officially)
  • بِصُورَة عَامَّة (bi-sūra ʕāmma, generally)
  • بِصُورَة غَيْر رَسْمِيَّة (bi-ṣūra ḡayr rasmiyya, unofficially)
  • صُورَة شَمْسِيَّة (ṣūra šamsiyya, photograph)
  • صُورَةً (ṣūratan, formally)

Descendants

  • Egyptian Arabic: صورة (ṣūra)
  • Gulf Arabic: صورة (ṣūra)
  • South Levantine Arabic: صورة (ṣūra)
  • Maltese: sura
  • Armenian: սուրաթ (suratʻ)
  • Adyghe: сурэт (surɛt)
  • Bashkir: һүрәт (hürət)
  • Georgian: სურათი (surati)
  • Hausa: sūr̃ā̀
  • Kazakh: сурет (suret)
  • Kyrgyz: сүрөт (süröt)
  • Maltese: sura
  • Nogai: суьврет (süvret)
  • Persian: صورت (surat)
  • Oromo: suura
  • Swahili: sura
  • Turkish: surat, suret
  • Uzbek: surat

References

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic صُورة (ṣūra).

Noun

صورة • (ṣūra) f

  1. photograph

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ص و ر
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic صُورَة (ṣūra).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˤuː.ra/, [ˈsˤuː.rˤɑ]
  • (file)

Noun

صورة • (ṣūra) f (plural صور (ṣuwar))

  1. picture, attribute
  2. form, shape, manner
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