مصور

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ص و ر (ṣ-w-r)

Derived from the active participle of صَوَّرَ (ṣawwara, to photograph, to depict).

Noun

مُصَوِّر • (muṣawwir) m (plural مُصَوِّرُون (muṣawwirūn), feminine مُصَوِّرَة (muṣawwira))

  1. photographer
  2. cameraman
  3. creator, shaper
  4. illustrator
  5. painter
Declension
References
  • Mace, John (2007) “تصور”, in Arabic Verbs, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “صور”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Proper noun

المُصَوِّر • (al-muṣawwir) m

  1. (Islam) one of the beautiful Names of God, "the Shaper, the Fashioner"
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 59:24:
      هُوَ اللَّهُ الْخَالِقُ الْبَارِئُ الْمُصَوِّرُ لَهُ الْأَسْمَاءُ الْحُسْنَى يُسَبِّحُ لَهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ
      huwa l-lahu l-ḵāliqu l-bāriʔu l-muṣawwiru lahu l-ʔasmāʔu l-ḥusnā yusabbiḥu lahu mā fī s-samāwāti wālʔarḍi wahuwa l-ʕazīzu l-ḥakīmu
      He is Allah, the Creator, the Inventor, the Fashioner; to Him belong the best names. Whatever is in the heavens and earth is exalting Him. And He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

Etymology 2

Root
ص و ر (ṣ-w-r)

Derived from the passive participle of صَوَّرَ (ṣawwara, to photograph, to depict).

Noun

مُصَوَّر • (muṣawwar) (feminine مُصَوَّرَة (muṣawwara), masculine plural مُصَوَّرُونَ (muṣawwarūna), feminine plural مُصَوَّرَات (muṣawwarāt))

  1. illustrated
Declension
References
  • Mace, John (2007) “تصور”, in Arabic Verbs, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “صور”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 3

Root
ص و ر (ṣ-w-r)

Derived from the passive participle of صَوَّرَ (ṣawwara, to photograph, to depict).

Noun

مُصَوَّر • (muṣawwar) (feminine مُصَوَّرَة (muṣawwara), masculine plural مُصَوَّرُونَ (muṣawwarūna), feminine plural مُصَوَّرَات (muṣawwarāt))

  1. illustrated
Declension
References
  • Mace, John (2007) “تصور”, in Arabic Verbs, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “صور”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 4

Root
ص و ر (ṣ-w-r)

Noun of place of صَوَّرَ (ṣawwara, to photograph, to depict).

Noun

مُصَوَّر • (muṣawwar) m (plural مُصَوَّرَات (muṣawwarāt))

  1. photography studio
Declension
References
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “صور”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Persian

Adjective

مصور • (mosavvar)

  1. illustrated, pictorial
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