رؤيا

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See also: رؤیا and رویا

Arabic

Etymology

From رَأَى (raʔā, to see).

Pronunciation

Noun

رُؤْيَا (ruʔyāf (dual رُؤْيَيَان (ruʔyayān), plural رُؤًى (ruʔan))

  1. verbal noun of رَأَى (raʔā)
  2. (countable) something seen in sleep, a dream; a vision (especially when taken to be prophetic); a prevision
    Synonyms: حُلْم (ḥulm), مَنام (manām)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 12:43:
      وَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ إِنِّي أَرَىٰ سَبْعَ بَقَرَاتٍ سِمَانٍ يَأْكُلُهُنَّ سَبْعٌ عِجَافٌ وَسَبْعَ سُنبُلَاتٍ خُضْرٍ وَأُخَرَ يَابِسَاتٍ ۖ يَا أَيُّهَا الْمَلَأُ أَفْتُونِي فِي رُؤْيَايَ إِن كُنتُمْ لِلرُّؤْيَا تَعْبُرُونَ
      wa-qāla l-maliku ʾinnī ʾarā sabʿa baqarātin simānin yaʾkulu-hunna sabʿun ʿijāfun wa-sabʿa sunbulātin ḵuḍrin wa-ʾuḵara yābisātin, yā ʾayyuhā l-malaʾu ʾaftū-nī fī ruʾyā-ya ʾin kuntum li-r-ruʾyā taʿburūna
      And the king said, " I saw seven fat cows being eaten by seven lean ones, and seven green ears and seven dry ones. O Council! Counsel me about my vision if you can see through visions!"
  3. (Christianity) Revelation, Apocalypse

Declension

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: röya
  • Ottoman Turkish: رؤیا
  • Persian: رؤیا (ro'yâ)
  • Swahili: ruya
  • Urdu: رؤیا (ru'yā)

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