تصویر
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See also: تصوير
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic تَصْوِير (taṣwīr), from صَوَّرَ (ṣawwara).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key):
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | taswīr |
| Dari reading? | taswīr |
| Iranian reading? | tasvir |
| Tajik reading? | tasvir |
Noun
| Dari | تصویر |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | тасвир |
تَصْویر • (tasvir) (plural تَصَاویر (tasâvir) or تَصْویرْهَا (tasvir-hâ))
- image, depiction, portrayal (representation of reality)
- تصویری از حقیقت ― tasviri az haqiqat ― a portrayal of the truth
- photograph, picture
- Synonym: عکس ('aks)
- painting, portrait
Derived terms
- تصویر کردن (tasvir kardan, “to portray, to draw”)
- تصویرگر (tasvirgar, “illustrator”)
Descendants
Punjabi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian تَصْوِیر (taswīr), borrowed from Arabic تَصْوِير (taṣwīr), from صَوَّرَ (ṣawwara).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /t̪əs.ʋiːɾ/,
Noun
تَصْوِیر • (taṣvīr) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਤਸਵੀਰ)
Declension
| Declension of تصویر | ||
|---|---|---|
| dir. sg. | تَصْوِیر (taṣvīr) | |
| dir. pl. | تَصْوِیراں (taṣvīrāṉ) | |
| singular | plural | |
| direct | تَصْوِیر (taṣvīr) | تَصْوِیراں (taṣvīrāṉ) |
| oblique | تَصْوِیر (taṣvīr) | تَصْوِیراں (taṣvīrāṉ) |
| vocative | تَصْوِیرے (taṣvīre) | تَصْوِیرو (taṣvīro) |
| ablative | تَصْوِیروں (taṣvīroṉ) | تَصْوِیراں (taṣvīrāṉ) |
| locative | تَصْوِیری (taṣvīrī) | تَصْوِیرِیں (taṣvīrīṉ) |
| instrumental | تَصْوِیرِیں (taṣvīrīṉ) | تَصْوِیرے (taṣvīre) |
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian تَصْوِیر (taswīr), borrowed from Arabic تَصْوِير (taṣwīr), from صَوَّرَ (ṣawwara). First attested in c. 1500 as Middle Hindi تَصْوِیر (tṣvyr).
Pronunciation
Noun
تَصْوِیر • (tasvīr) f (formal plural تَصَاوِیر (tasāvīr), Hindi spelling तस्वीर)
- image, picture, photograph
- depiction, portrayal, drawing
- (figuratively) a representation, figure
- (figuratively) condition, state
- (broadcasting) video (as opposed to sound)
- Antonym: آواز (āvāz)
Declension
| Declension of تصویر | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||||||
| direct | تَصْوِیر (taṣvīr) | تَصْوِیریں (taṣvīrẽ) | ||||||
| oblique | تَصْوِیر (taṣvīr) | تَصْوِیروں (taṣvīrõ) | ||||||
| vocative | تَصْوِیر (taṣvīr) | تَصْوِیرو (taṣvīro) | ||||||
Further reading
- “تصویر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “تصویر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “تصویر”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “تصویر”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “تصویر”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
- John Shakespear (1834) “تصویر”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC