تصور

Arabic

Etymology 1

Mediopassive of صَوَّرَ (ṣawwara, “to form, depict, to photograph”), from the root ص و ر (ṣ-w-r).

Verb

تَصَوَّرَ • (taṣawwara) V, non-past يَتَصَوَّرُ‎ (yataṣawwaru)

1. to be or become formed, fashioned, figured, shaped, sculptured, pictured, portrayed, photographed
2. (transitive) to imagine, to conceive (something)

   Synonym: تَخَيَّلَ (taḵayyala)

3. (ditransitive) to think (something, someone) to be (something, someone)
4. to appear in one's mind as an image
5. to seem (لِ (li) someone)
6. to fall (as a result of being struck)
7. to photograph oneself

Conjugation

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “صور”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate
• 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 2

Noun

تَصَوُّر • (taṣawwur) m (plural تَصَوُّرَات (taṣawwurāt))

1. verbal noun of تَصَوَّرَ (taṣawwara) (form V)
2. imagination
3. idea, concept
4. conception

Declension

Derived terms

• قَابِل لِلتَّصَوُّر (qābil li-t-taṣawwur, “imaginable”)
• غَيْر قَابِل لِلتَّصَوُّر (gayr qābil li-t-taṣawwur, “unimaginable”)
• ضَعِيف اَلتَّصَوُّر (ḍaʕīf at-taṣawwur, “unimaginative”)

Descendants

• Azerbaijani: təsəvvür
• Persian: تصور
  • Urdu: تصور
• Turkish: tasavvur
• Uyghur: تەسەۋۋۇر (tesewwur)
• Uzbek: tasavvur

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

Verb

تُصَوِّرُ • (tuṣawwiru) (form II)

1. second-person masculine singular non-past active indicative of صَوَّرَ (ṣawwara)
2. third-person feminine singular non-past active indicative of صَوَّرَ (ṣawwara)

Verb

تُصَوِّرَ • (tuṣawwira) (form II)

1. second-person masculine singular non-past active subjunctive of صَوَّرَ (ṣawwara)
2. third-person feminine singular non-past active subjunctive of صَوَّرَ (ṣawwara)

Verb

تُصَوِّرْ • (tuṣawwir) (form II)

1. second-person masculine singular non-past active jussive of صَوَّرَ (ṣawwara)
2. third-person feminine singular non-past active jussive of صَوَّرَ (ṣawwara)

Verb

تُصَوَّرُ • (tuṣawwaru) (form II)

1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive indicative of صَوَّرَ (ṣawwara)
2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive indicative of صَوَّرَ (ṣawwara)

Verb

تُصَوَّرَ • (tuṣawwara) (form II)

1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive subjunctive of صَوَّرَ (ṣawwara)
2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive subjunctive of صَوَّرَ (ṣawwara)

Verb

تُصَوَّرْ • (tuṣawwar) (form II)

1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive jussive of صَوَّرَ (ṣawwara)
2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive jussive of صَوَّرَ (ṣawwara)

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic تَصَوَّرَ (taṣawwara).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tsˤaw.war/

Verb

تصور • (tṣawwar) V (non-past يتصور (yitṣawwar))

1. (intransitive) to be or become pictured, portrayed, photographed

   فهاد التصويرة كنت تصورت وآنا مريض مع ما كنتش متعود على داك البرد.

   f-hād et-taṣwīra kunt tṣawwart w-ʔāna mrīḍ mʕa ma kuntši mitʕawwad ʕla dāk el-bard

   In this photograph, I was photographed while I was sick because I wasn't used to the cold.

2. (intransitive) to imagine, to conceive (something)

   Synonyms: تخيل (tḵayyal), تخايل (tḵāyal)

   تصور باللي حنا غير بزاقل قدام الراسماليين الكبار فهاد البلاد.

   tṣawwar b-elli ḥna ḡīr bzāqil quddām er-rāsmāliyyīn le-kbār f-hād le-blād.

   Imagine that we are only pawns for the big capitalists in this country.

   تصور راسك فبلاصته وعاد هدر.

   tṣawwar rāsek fe-blāṣtu w-ʕād hdar.

   Imagine yourself in his place then talk.

3. (ditransitive) to think (something, someone) to be (something, someone)

   تصورتك راجل.

   tṣawwartek rājil.

   I thought you were a man.

4. (intransitive) to photograph oneself

Conjugation

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic تصَوَّر.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tsˤaw.war/,

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Verb

تصوّر • (tṣawwar) V (present بتصوّر (bitṣawwar))

1. passive of صوّر (ṣawwar): to be photographed
2. to photograph, to take a picture (of oneself)

Conjugation

Urdu

Etymology

From Arabic تَصَوَّرَ (taṣawwara).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪ə.səʋ.ʋʊɾ/
• Rhymes: -ʊɾ

Noun

تَصَوُّر • (tasavvur) ? (Hindi spelling तसव्वुर)

1. imagination, contemplation, reflection, conception, fantasy