طور

See also: طوز

Arabic

Etymology 1.1

Root
ط و ر (ṭ w r)
2 terms

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tˤawr/

Noun

طَوْر • (ṭawr) m (plural أَطْوَار (ʔaṭwār))

(uncountable) verbal noun of طَارَ (ṭāra) (form I)
time, stage, phase, stadium
- 2018 July 18, “ar: الرئيس عون يؤكد ضرورة التواصل الرسمي بين لبنان و سوريا”, in Muraselon‎:
  وَأَشَارَ إِلَى أَنَّهُ “مُذْ أَقْفَلَ ٱلْمَعْبَرَ وَأُقْفِلَتْ مَعَهُ ٱلْمَعَابِرُ ٱلشَّرْقِيَّةُ لِسُورِيَا ٱلْمُوصِلَةُ إِلَى ٱلدَّاخِلِ ٱلْعَرَبِيِّ، أُعْطِبَتْ ذَهَابًا وَإِيَابًا حَرَكَةُ ٱلتَّبَادُلِ ٱلتِّجَارِيِّ ٱلَّتِي سَنَكُونُ ٱلْآنَ فِي طَوْرِ إِعَادَةِ إِحْيَائِهَا مِنَ ٱلْأَرَاضِي ٱللُّبْنَانِيَّةِ إِلَى ٱلدَّاخِلِ ٱلسُّورِيِّ، وَمِنْهُ إِلَى ٱلدَّاخِلِ ٱلْأُرْدُنِيِّ مِنْ خِلَالِ ٱلْمَعْبَرِ ٱلْمُسْتَعَادِ إِلَى ٱلدَّوْلَةِ ٱلسُّورِيَّةِ، لِلْاِنْتِقَالِ إِلَى ٱلْعِرَاقِ وَدُوَلِ ٱلْخَلِيجِ (ٱلْفَارِسِيِّ)”.
  waʔašāra ʔilā ʔannahu “muḏ ʔaqfala l-maʕbara waʔuqfilat maʕahu l-maʕābiru š-šarqiyyatu lisūriyā l-mūṣilatu ʔilā d-dāḵili l-ʕarabiyyi, ʔuʕṭibat ḏahāban waʔiyāban ḥarakatu t-tabāduli t-tijāriyyi llatī sanakūnu l-ʔāna fī ṭawri ʔiʕādati ʔiḥyāʔihā mina l-ʔarāḍī l-lubnāniyyati ʔilā d-dāḵili s-sūriyyi, waminhu ʔilā d-dāḵili l-ʔurduniyyi min ḵilāli l-maʕbari l-mustaʕādi ʔilā d-dawlati s-sūriyyati, lilintiqāli ʔilā l-ʕirāqi waduwali l-ḵalīji (l-fārisiyyi)”.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
(video games) mode
طَوْر الْقِصَّة ― ṭawr al-qiṣṣa ― campaign/story mode

Declension

Declension of noun طَوْر (ṭawr)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	طَوْر ṭawr	الطَّوْر aṭ-ṭawr	طَوْر ṭawr
Nominative	طَوْرٌ ṭawrun	الطَّوْرُ aṭ-ṭawru	طَوْرُ ṭawru
Accusative	طَوْرًا ṭawran	الطَّوْرَ aṭ-ṭawra	طَوْرَ ṭawra
Genitive	طَوْرٍ ṭawrin	الطَّوْرِ aṭ-ṭawri	طَوْرِ ṭawri
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	طَوْرَيْن ṭawrayn	الطَّوْرَيْن aṭ-ṭawrayn	طَوْرَيْ ṭawray
Nominative	طَوْرَانِ ṭawrāni	الطَّوْرَانِ aṭ-ṭawrāni	طَوْرَا ṭawrā
Accusative	طَوْرَيْنِ ṭawrayni	الطَّوْرَيْنِ aṭ-ṭawrayni	طَوْرَيْ ṭawray
Genitive	طَوْرَيْنِ ṭawrayni	الطَّوْرَيْنِ aṭ-ṭawrayni	طَوْرَيْ ṭawray
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَطْوَار ʔaṭwār	الْأَطْوَار al-ʔaṭwār	أَطْوَار ʔaṭwār
Nominative	أَطْوَارٌ ʔaṭwārun	الْأَطْوَارُ al-ʔaṭwāru	أَطْوَارُ ʔaṭwāru
Accusative	أَطْوَارًا ʔaṭwāran	الْأَطْوَارَ al-ʔaṭwāra	أَطْوَارَ ʔaṭwāra
Genitive	أَطْوَارٍ ʔaṭwārin	الْأَطْوَارِ al-ʔaṭwāri	أَطْوَارِ ʔaṭwāri

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: tövr
→ Chagatai: طور
- Uzbek: tavr
→ Ottoman Turkish: طور (tavr)
- Turkish: tavır
- → Armenian: թավուր (tʻavur)
→ Kazakh: тәуір (täuır)
→ Classical Persian: طَوْر (tawr)
- → Hindustani:
  Hindi: तौर (taur)
  Urdu: طور (taur)
- → Punjabi:
  Gurmukhi script: ਤੌਰ (taur)
  Shahmukhi script: طور (taur)

Etymology 1.2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tˤaw.wa.ra/
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Verb

طَوَّرَ • (ṭawwara) II (non-past يُطَوِّرُ (yuṭawwiru), verbal noun تَطْوِير (taṭwīr))

to further, to bring forward, to develop

Conjugation

Conjugation of طَوَّرَ (II, sound, full passive, verbal noun تَطْوِير)

active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
verbal noun الْمَصْدَر					تَطْوِير taṭwīr
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل					مُطَوِّر muṭawwir
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول					مُطَوَّر muṭawwar
		singular الْمُفْرَد			dual الْمُثَنَّى		plural الْجَمْع
		1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	طَوَّرْتُ ṭawwartu	طَوَّرْتَ ṭawwarta	طَوَّرَ ṭawwara	طَوَّرْتُمَا ṭawwartumā	طَوَّرَا ṭawwarā	طَوَّرْنَا ṭawwarnā	طَوَّرْتُمْ ṭawwartum	طَوَّرُوا ṭawwarū
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	f	طَوَّرْتُ ṭawwartu	طَوَّرْتِ ṭawwarti	طَوَّرَتْ ṭawwarat	طَوَّرْتُمَا ṭawwartumā	طَوَّرَتَا ṭawwaratā	طَوَّرْنَا ṭawwarnā	طَوَّرْتُنَّ ṭawwartunna	طَوَّرْنَ ṭawwarna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُطَوِّرُ ʔuṭawwiru	تُطَوِّرُ tuṭawwiru	يُطَوِّرُ yuṭawwiru	تُطَوِّرَانِ tuṭawwirāni	يُطَوِّرَانِ yuṭawwirāni	نُطَوِّرُ nuṭawwiru	تُطَوِّرُونَ tuṭawwirūna	يُطَوِّرُونَ yuṭawwirūna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	f	أُطَوِّرُ ʔuṭawwiru	تُطَوِّرِينَ tuṭawwirīna	تُطَوِّرُ tuṭawwiru	تُطَوِّرَانِ tuṭawwirāni	تُطَوِّرَانِ tuṭawwirāni	نُطَوِّرُ nuṭawwiru	تُطَوِّرْنَ tuṭawwirna	يُطَوِّرْنَ yuṭawwirna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُطَوِّرَ ʔuṭawwira	تُطَوِّرَ tuṭawwira	يُطَوِّرَ yuṭawwira	تُطَوِّرَا tuṭawwirā	يُطَوِّرَا yuṭawwirā	نُطَوِّرَ nuṭawwira	تُطَوِّرُوا tuṭawwirū	يُطَوِّرُوا yuṭawwirū
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	f	أُطَوِّرَ ʔuṭawwira	تُطَوِّرِي tuṭawwirī	تُطَوِّرَ tuṭawwira	تُطَوِّرَا tuṭawwirā	تُطَوِّرَا tuṭawwirā	نُطَوِّرَ nuṭawwira	تُطَوِّرْنَ tuṭawwirna	يُطَوِّرْنَ yuṭawwirna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُطَوِّرْ ʔuṭawwir	تُطَوِّرْ tuṭawwir	يُطَوِّرْ yuṭawwir	تُطَوِّرَا tuṭawwirā	يُطَوِّرَا yuṭawwirā	نُطَوِّرْ nuṭawwir	تُطَوِّرُوا tuṭawwirū	يُطَوِّرُوا yuṭawwirū
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	f	أُطَوِّرْ ʔuṭawwir	تُطَوِّرِي tuṭawwirī	تُطَوِّرْ tuṭawwir	تُطَوِّرَا tuṭawwirā	تُطَوِّرَا tuṭawwirā	نُطَوِّرْ nuṭawwir	تُطَوِّرْنَ tuṭawwirna	يُطَوِّرْنَ yuṭawwirna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		طَوِّرْ ṭawwir		طَوِّرَا ṭawwirā			طَوِّرُوا ṭawwirū
imperative الْأَمْر	f		طَوِّرِي ṭawwirī		طَوِّرَا ṭawwirā			طَوِّرْنَ ṭawwirna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد			dual الْمُثَنَّى		plural الْجَمْع
		1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	طُوِّرْتُ ṭuwwirtu	طُوِّرْتَ ṭuwwirta	طُوِّرَ ṭuwwira	طُوِّرْتُمَا ṭuwwirtumā	طُوِّرَا ṭuwwirā	طُوِّرْنَا ṭuwwirnā	طُوِّرْتُمْ ṭuwwirtum	طُوِّرُوا ṭuwwirū
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	f	طُوِّرْتُ ṭuwwirtu	طُوِّرْتِ ṭuwwirti	طُوِّرَتْ ṭuwwirat	طُوِّرْتُمَا ṭuwwirtumā	طُوِّرَتَا ṭuwwiratā	طُوِّرْنَا ṭuwwirnā	طُوِّرْتُنَّ ṭuwwirtunna	طُوِّرْنَ ṭuwwirna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُطَوَّرُ ʔuṭawwaru	تُطَوَّرُ tuṭawwaru	يُطَوَّرُ yuṭawwaru	تُطَوَّرَانِ tuṭawwarāni	يُطَوَّرَانِ yuṭawwarāni	نُطَوَّرُ nuṭawwaru	تُطَوَّرُونَ tuṭawwarūna	يُطَوَّرُونَ yuṭawwarūna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	f	أُطَوَّرُ ʔuṭawwaru	تُطَوَّرِينَ tuṭawwarīna	تُطَوَّرُ tuṭawwaru	تُطَوَّرَانِ tuṭawwarāni	تُطَوَّرَانِ tuṭawwarāni	نُطَوَّرُ nuṭawwaru	تُطَوَّرْنَ tuṭawwarna	يُطَوَّرْنَ yuṭawwarna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُطَوَّرَ ʔuṭawwara	تُطَوَّرَ tuṭawwara	يُطَوَّرَ yuṭawwara	تُطَوَّرَا tuṭawwarā	يُطَوَّرَا yuṭawwarā	نُطَوَّرَ nuṭawwara	تُطَوَّرُوا tuṭawwarū	يُطَوَّرُوا yuṭawwarū
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	f	أُطَوَّرَ ʔuṭawwara	تُطَوَّرِي tuṭawwarī	تُطَوَّرَ tuṭawwara	تُطَوَّرَا tuṭawwarā	تُطَوَّرَا tuṭawwarā	نُطَوَّرَ nuṭawwara	تُطَوَّرْنَ tuṭawwarna	يُطَوَّرْنَ yuṭawwarna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُطَوَّرْ ʔuṭawwar	تُطَوَّرْ tuṭawwar	يُطَوَّرْ yuṭawwar	تُطَوَّرَا tuṭawwarā	يُطَوَّرَا yuṭawwarā	نُطَوَّرْ nuṭawwar	تُطَوَّرُوا tuṭawwarū	يُطَوَّرُوا yuṭawwarū
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	f	أُطَوَّرْ ʔuṭawwar	تُطَوَّرِي tuṭawwarī	تُطَوَّرْ tuṭawwar	تُطَوَّرَا tuṭawwarā	تُطَوَّرَا tuṭawwarā	نُطَوَّرْ nuṭawwar	تُطَوَّرْنَ tuṭawwarna	يُطَوَّرْنَ yuṭawwarna

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic טוּרָא / ܛܘܪܐ (ṭūrā, “mountain, high territory”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tˤuːr/

Noun

طُور • (ṭūr) m (plural أَطْوَار (ʔaṭwār))

(Classical Arabic) mountain
Synonyms: جَبَل (jabal), طَوْد (ṭawd)

Declension

Declension of noun طُور (ṭūr)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	طُور ṭūr	الطُّور aṭ-ṭūr	طُور ṭūr
Nominative	طُورٌ ṭūrun	الطُّورُ aṭ-ṭūru	طُورُ ṭūru
Accusative	طُورًا ṭūran	الطُّورَ aṭ-ṭūra	طُورَ ṭūra
Genitive	طُورٍ ṭūrin	الطُّورِ aṭ-ṭūri	طُورِ ṭūri
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	طُورَيْن ṭūrayn	الطُّورَيْن aṭ-ṭūrayn	طُورَيْ ṭūray
Nominative	طُورَانِ ṭūrāni	الطُّورَانِ aṭ-ṭūrāni	طُورَا ṭūrā
Accusative	طُورَيْنِ ṭūrayni	الطُّورَيْنِ aṭ-ṭūrayni	طُورَيْ ṭūray
Genitive	طُورَيْنِ ṭūrayni	الطُّورَيْنِ aṭ-ṭūrayni	طُورَيْ ṭūray
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَطْوَار ʔaṭwār	الْأَطْوَار al-ʔaṭwār	أَطْوَار ʔaṭwār
Nominative	أَطْوَارٌ ʔaṭwārun	الْأَطْوَارُ al-ʔaṭwāru	أَطْوَارُ ʔaṭwāru
Accusative	أَطْوَارًا ʔaṭwāran	الْأَطْوَارَ al-ʔaṭwāra	أَطْوَارَ ʔaṭwāra
Genitive	أَطْوَارٍ ʔaṭwārin	الْأَطْوَارِ al-ʔaṭwāri	أَطْوَارِ ʔaṭwāri

Derived terms

طُورِيّ (ṭūriyy, “wild”)

References

Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, pages 206–207

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *tor (“net for catching birds or fish”);^[1] cognate with Azerbaijani tor, Bashkir тур (tur), Kazakh тор (tor), Kyrgyz тор (tor), Southern Altai тор (tor), Turkmen tor, Uyghur تور (tor) and Uzbek toʻr.

Noun

طور • (tor) (definite accusative طوری (toru), plural طورلر (torlar))

net, a device made from a mesh of string, cord, or rope, used for catching fish or birds

Derived terms

طور كیسه (tor kese, “bag made with a net”)
طورلامق (torlamak, “to gather together”)
طورلانمق (torlanmak, “to be made up into a bundle”)
طورلو (torlu, “possessed of nets”)

Descendants

Turkish: tor
→ Armenian: թօռ (tʻōṙ)

References

^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “to:r”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 528

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic طَوْر (ṭawr).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key):

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): ,
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): ,
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): ,

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key):

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key):

Readings
Classical reading^?	tawr
Dari reading^?	tōr, tawr
Iranian reading^?	towr
Tajik reading^?	tavr

Noun


Iranian Persian	طور
Dari	طور
Tajik	тавр

طور • (towr)

manner, way
towri ke bahrâm goft
as/like Bahram said
state, condition

Derived terms

آنطور (ântowr)
اینطور (intowr)
چطور (četowr, “how”)

Descendants

→ Hindustani:
Hindi: तौर (taur)

Urdu: طور (taur)
→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਤੌਰ (taur)

Shahmukhi script: طور (taur)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic طُور (ṭūr).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key):

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key):
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key):
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key):

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key):

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key):

Readings
Classical reading^?	tūr
Dari reading^?	tūr
Iranian reading^?	tur
Tajik reading^?	tur

Proper noun

طور • (tur)

Short for (tur-e sinâ, “Mount Sinai”).
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume VI, verse 2444:
  باز با خود آمدم زان انتشار
  باز دیدم طور و موسی برقرار.
  bāz bā xwad āmadam z-ān intišār
  bāz dīdam tūr u mūsā bar qarār.
  After that scattering , I came to myself again
  And saw that Sinai and Moses were unchanged.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)
- 1732—1733, Lāla Amānat Rāy, “جلوه ذات [Jilwa-yi Zāt]”, in Stefano Pellò, transl., Black Curls in a Mirror: The Eighteenth-Century Persian Kṛṣṇa of Lāla Amānat Rāy’s Jilwa-yi ẕāt and the Tongue of Bīdil, International Journal of Hindu Studies (2018) 22:
  شبی چون زلف خوبان مطلع نور
  تجلی بخش شمع روشن طور
  šabē čūn zulf-i xūbān matla'-i nūr
  tajallī baxš-i šam'-e rōšan-i tūr
  A night resembling the curls of the beauties, an opening verse of light, offering the epiphany of the bright candle of Mount Sinai.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ط و ر
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic طَوَّرَ (ṭawwara).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tˤaw.war/,
Audio (al-Lidd): (file)

Verb

طوّر • (ṭawwar) II (present بطوّر (biṭawwer))

(transitive) to develop

Conjugation

Conjugation of طوّر (ṭawwar)
		singular			plural
		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person
past	m	طوّرت (ṭawwart)	طوّرت (ṭawwart)	طوّر (ṭawwar)	طوّرنا (ṭawwarna)	طوّرتو (ṭawwartu)	طوّرو (ṭawwaru)
past	f	طوّرت (ṭawwart)	طوّرتي (ṭawwarti)	طوّرت (ṭawwarat)	طوّرنا (ṭawwarna)	طوّرتو (ṭawwartu)	طوّرو (ṭawwaru)
present	m	بطوّر (baṭawwer)	بتطوّر (bitṭawwer)	بطوّر (biṭawwer)	منطوّر (minṭawwer)	بتطوّرو (bitṭawwru)	بطوّرو (biṭawwru)
present	f	بطوّر (baṭawwer)	بتطوّري (bitṭawwri)	بتطوّر (bitṭawwer)	منطوّر (minṭawwer)	بتطوّرو (bitṭawwru)	بطوّرو (biṭawwru)
subjunctive	m	اطوّر (aṭawwer)	تطوّر (tṭawwer)	يطوّر (yṭawwer)	نطوّر (nṭawwer)	تطوّرو (tṭawwru)	يطوّرو (yṭawwru)
subjunctive	f	اطوّر (aṭawwer)	تطوّري (tṭawwri)	تطوّر (tṭawwer)	نطوّر (nṭawwer)	تطوّرو (tṭawwru)	يطوّرو (yṭawwru)
imperative	m		طوّر (ṭawwer)			طوّرو (ṭawwru)
imperative	f		طوّري (ṭawwri)			طوّرو (ṭawwru)

Urdu

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic طُور (ṭūr).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪uːɾ/

Noun

طور • (tūr) m (Hindi spelling तूर)

hill, mount

Declension

Declension of طور
	singular	plural
direct	طور (tūr)	طور (tūr)
oblique	طور (tūr)	طوروں (tūrõ)
vocative	طور (tūr)	طورو (tūro)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian (tawr, “manner, style”), from Arabic طَوْر (ṭawr).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪ɔːɾ/

Noun

طور • (taur) m (formal plural اطوار, Hindi spelling तौर)

manner, way
state, condition

Declension

Declension of طور
	singular	plural
direct	طور (taur)	طور (taur)
oblique	طور (taur)	طوروں (taurõ)
vocative	طور (taur)	طورو (tauro)

[1] Clauson, Gerard (1972) “to:r”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 528

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Arabic

Etymology 1.1

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Noun

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Etymology 1.2

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Ottoman Turkish

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Persian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Descendants

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Further reading

South Levantine Arabic

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Urdu

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

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Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

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