مصور

Arabic

Etymology 1

Derived from the active participle of صَوَّرَ (ṣawwara, “to photograph, to depict”).

Noun

مُصَوِّر • (muṣawwir) m (plural مُصَوِّرُون (muṣawwirūn), feminine مُصَوِّرَة (muṣawwira))

1. photographer
2. cameraman
3. creator, shaper
4. illustrator
5. painter

Declension

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

Proper noun

المُصَوِّر • (al-muṣawwir) m

1. (Islam) one of the beautiful Names of God, "the Shaper, the Fashioner"
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 59:24:

     هُوَ اللَّهُ الْخَالِقُ الْبَارِئُ الْمُصَوِّرُ لَهُ الْأَسْمَاءُ الْحُسْنَى يُسَبِّحُ لَهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ

     huwa l-lahu l-ḵāliqu l-bāriʔu l-muṣawwiru lahu l-ʔasmāʔu l-ḥusnā yusabbiḥu lahu mā fī s-samāwāti wālʔarḍi wahuwa l-ʕazīzu l-ḥakīmu

     He is Allah, the Creator, the Inventor, the Fashioner; to Him belong the best names. Whatever is in the heavens and earth is exalting Him. And He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

Etymology 2

Derived from the passive participle of صَوَّرَ (ṣawwara, “to photograph, to depict”).

Noun

مُصَوَّر • (muṣawwar) (feminine مُصَوَّرَة (muṣawwara), masculine plural مُصَوَّرُونَ (muṣawwarūna), feminine plural مُصَوَّرَات (muṣawwarāt))

1. illustrated

Declension

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

Derived from the passive participle of صَوَّرَ (ṣawwara, “to photograph, to depict”).

Noun

مُصَوَّر • (muṣawwar) (feminine مُصَوَّرَة (muṣawwara), masculine plural مُصَوَّرُونَ (muṣawwarūna), feminine plural مُصَوَّرَات (muṣawwarāt))

1. illustrated

Declension

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 4

Noun of place of صَوَّرَ (ṣawwara, “to photograph, to depict”).

Noun

مُصَوَّر • (muṣawwar) m (plural مُصَوَّرَات (muṣawwarāt))

1. photography studio

Declension

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “صور”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Persian

Adjective

مصور • (mosavvar)

1. illustrated, pictorial