ثور

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See also: توژ, پور, پوز, بوز, بور, and تور

Arabic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *ṯawr-. Cognate with Biblical Hebrew שׁוֹר (šôr).

Noun

ثَوْر (ṯawrm (plural ثِيرَان (ṯīrān), feminine ثَوْرَة (ṯawra) or بَقَرَة (baqara))

  1. bull, steer, ox
  2. (definite) Taurus (astronomy)
Declension
Descendants
  • Egyptian Arabic: تور (tōr)
  • Gulf Arabic: ثور (ṯōr)
  • Hijazi Arabic: ثور (tōr, ṯōr)
  • South Levantine Arabic: تور (tōr)
  • Moroccan Arabic: تور (tūr, tawr)
  • Azerbaijani: sövr, Sövr
  • Chagatai: ثور
  • Persian: ثور (sowr)

Etymology 2

Root
ث و ر (ṯ w r)
8 terms

Noun

ثَوْر (ṯawrm

  1. verbal noun of ثَارَ (ṯāra) (form I)
Declension
Derived terms

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic ثَوْر (ṯawr).

Pronunciation

Noun

ثور (tōr or ṯōrm (plural ثيران (tīrān))

  1. bull, steer, ox
  2. Taurus (astronomy)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ثَوْر (ṯawr).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? sawr
Dari reading? sawr
Iranian reading? sowr
Tajik reading? savr

Noun

Dari ثور
Iranian Persian
Tajik савр

ثور (sowr)

  1. bull

Proper noun

Dari ثور
Iranian Persian
Tajik Савр

ثور (sowr)

  1. (astronomy) Taurus

Further reading

  • Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “ثور”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim