سيارة

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See also: سیاره and سیارہ

Arabic

Root
س ي ر (s y r)
7 terms

Etymology

Tool noun formed from the characteristic adjective of سَارَ (sāra, to move, to travel), as سَيَّار (sayyār, moving frequently) +‎ ـَة (-a). cognate to the Hebrew root סי"ר

Pronunciation

Noun

سَيَّارَة (sayyāraf (plural سَيَّارَات (sayyārāt))

  1. automobile, car, motorcar
  2. (collective) caravan, travellers
    Synonym: قَافِلَة (qāfila)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 12:19:
      وَجَاءَتْ سَيَّارَةٌ فَأَرْسَلُوا وَارِدَهُمْ فَأَدْلَى دَلْوَهُ قَالَ يَا بُشْرَى هَٰذَا غُلَامٌ وَأَسَرُّوهُ بِضَاعَةً وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ
      wa-jāʔat sayyāratun fa-ʔarsalū wāridahum fa-ʔadlā dalwahu qāla yā bušrā hāḏā ḡulāmun wa-ʔasarrūhu biḍāʕatan wa-l-lahu ʕalīmun bi-mā yaʕmalūna
      And there came some travellers, and they sent their water-boy who let down his bucket into the well. He cried out, “Oh, what a great find! Here is a boy!” And they took him secretly ˹to be sold˺ as merchandise, but Allah is All-Knowing of what they did.
  3. (dated, by ellipsis of كَوْكَب سَيَّار (kawkab sayyār)) planet

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Gulf Arabic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic سَيَّارَة (sayyāra).

Pronunciation

Noun

سيارة (sayyāraf (construct state سيارة (sayyārat), plural سيايير (siyāyīr) or سيارات (sayyārāt))

  1. car, automobile, motorcar
    امس وديت السيارة القراج عشان يغيرون الزيت.
    I took the car to the mechanic yesterday to change the oil

Hijazi Arabic

Root
س ي ر
2 terms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic سَيَّارَة (sayyāra).

Pronunciation

Noun

سيّارة (sayyāraf (plural سيّارات (sayyārāt))

  1. car

South Levantine Arabic

Root
س ي ر
3 terms
سيّارات عتيقة في كوباvintage cars in Cuba

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic سَيَّارَة (sayyāra).

Pronunciation

Noun

سيّارة (sayyāraf (plural سيّارات (sayyārāt))

  1. car, automobile