ترى

Arabic

Etymology 1

Related to رَأَى (raʔā, “to see”), from the root ر ء ي (r-ʔ-y). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Interjection

تُرَى • (turā)

1. say..., I wonder... (precedes a yes-or-no question, sometimes follows يَا (yā))
   • 1935–1959, هَاشِم الرِفَاعِي [hāšim ar-rifāʕī], مَلَكْنَا هٰذِهِ الدُّنْيَا قُرُونًا [malaknā hāḏihi d-dunyā qurūnan, This World Has Been Ours for Centuries]:

     تُرَى هَل يَرْجِعُ المَاضِي

     turā hal yarjiʕu l-māḍī

     Say—could the past come back

Descendants

• Maltese: ta (perhaps)

Etymology 2

Verb

تَرَى • (tarā) (form I)

1. second-person masculine singular non-past active indicative of رَأَى (raʔā)
2. second-person masculine singular non-past active subjunctive of رَأَى (raʔā)
3. third-person feminine singular non-past active indicative of رَأَى (raʔā)
4. third-person feminine singular non-past active subjunctive of رَأَى (raʔā)

Verb

تُرَى • (turā) (form I)

1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive indicative of رَأَى (raʔā)
2. second-person masculine singular non-past passive subjunctive of رَأَى (raʔā)
3. third-person feminine singular non-past passive indicative of رَأَى (raʔā)
4. third-person feminine singular non-past passive subjunctive of رَأَى (raʔā)

Etymology 3

Verb

تُرَى • (turā) (form IV)

1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive indicative of أَرَى (ʔarā)
2. second-person masculine singular non-past passive subjunctive of أَرَى (ʔarā)
3. third-person feminine singular non-past passive indicative of أَرَى (ʔarā)
4. third-person feminine singular non-past passive subjunctive of أَرَى (ʔarā)

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic تُرَى (turā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tara/

Prepositional phrase

ترى • (tara)

1. by the way

   تَرَى مو كِذا تِنْكَتِب

   tara mū kida tinkatib

   by the way, it's not written like that.