طائر

Derived from the active participle of طَارَ (ṭāra, “to fly”).

• IPA^(key): /tˤaːʔir/

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طَائِر • (ṭāʔir) m (plural أَطْيَار (ʔaṭyār) or طُيُور (ṭuyūr) or طَيْر (ṭayr))

1. bird
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 6:38:

     وَمَا مِن دَابَّةٍ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا طَائِرٍ يَطِيرُ بِجَنَاحَيْهِ إِلَّا أُمَمٌ أَمْثَالُكُم ۚ مَّا فَرَّطْنَا فِي الْكِتَابِ مِن شَيْءٍ ۚ ثُمَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ يُحْشَرُونَ

     wa-mā min dābbatin fī l-ʔarḍi wa-lā ṭāʔirin yaṭīru bijanāḥayhi ʔillā ʔumamun ʔamṯālukum; mā farraṭnā fī l-kitābi min šayʔin, ṯumma ʔilā rabbihim yuḥšarūna

     And there is no creature on the earth or bird that flies with its wings except communities like you. We have not neglected in the Register a thing. Then unto their Lord they will be gathered.

طَائِر • (ṭāʔir) (feminine طَائِرَة (ṭāʔira), masculine plural طَائِرُون (ṭāʔirūn), feminine plural طَائِرَات (ṭāʔirāt))

1. flying

• اَلنَّسْر اَلطَّائِر (an-nasr aṭ-ṭāʔir)