سافر

Compare سَفَر (safar, “journey, travel”). Cognate with Hebrew ספר (“s-p-r”) 4th ethnology

سَافَرَ • (sāfara) III (non-past يُسَافِرُ (yusāfiru), verbal noun مُسَافَرَة (musāfara) or سِفَار (sifār) or سَفَر (safar))

1. to travel

• Maltese: siefer
• → Swahili: safiri

Not relating to meanings from the root س ف ر (s-f-r) but terminology of the religious sphere borrowed from Aramaic סִפְרָא (sip̱rā, “writing, book”) / ܣܷܦܪܴܐ (sep̱rā, “writing, book”); and compare Hebrew סֵפֶר (sēp̄er, “writing, book”) and סוֹפֵר (sofér, “writer”).

سَافِرٌ • (sāfirun) m (plural سَفَرَة (safara))

1. writer

   Synonym: كَاتِب (kātib)

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 80:15-16:

     بِأَيْدِي سَفَرَةٍ كِرَامٍ بَرَرَةٍ

     bi-ʔaydī safaratin kirāmin bararatin

     In the hands of scribes, noble and dutiful.

From Arabic سَافَرَ (sāfara).

• IPA^(key): /saː.far/,

• Audio (al-Lidd):

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سافر • (sāfar) III (present بسافر (bisāfer), active participle مسافر (msāfer))

1. to travel