طائر

See also: طایر

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ط ي ر (ṭ-y-r)

Derived from the active participle of طَارَ (ṭāra, to fly).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tˤaːʔir/
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Noun

طَائِر • (ṭāʔir) m (plural أَطْيَار (ʔaṭyār) or طُيُور (ṭuyūr) or طَيْر (ṭayr))

  1. bird
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 6:38:
      وَمَا مِن دَابَّةٍ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا طَائِرٍ يَطِيرُ بِجَنَاحَيْهِ إِلَّا أُمَمٌ أَمْثَالُكُم ۚ مَّا فَرَّطْنَا فِي الْكِتَابِ مِن شَيْءٍ ۚ ثُمَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ يُحْشَرُونَ
      wa-mā min dābbatin fī l-ʔarḍi wa-lā ṭāʔirin yaṭīru bijanāḥayhi ʔillā ʔumamun ʔamṯālukum; mā farraṭnā fī l-kitābi min šayʔin, ṯumma ʔilā rabbihim yuḥšarūna
      And there is no creature on the earth or bird that flies with its wings except communities like you. We have not neglected in the Register a thing. Then unto their Lord they will be gathered.

Declension

Adjective

طَائِر • (ṭāʔir) (feminine طَائِرَة (ṭāʔira), masculine plural طَائِرُون (ṭāʔirūn), feminine plural طَائِرَات (ṭāʔirāt))

  1. flying

Declension

Derived terms

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