صور

Arabic

Etymology 1

Denominal verb from صُورَة (ṣūra, “form, image”).

Root
ص و ر (ṣ w r)
9 terms

Verb

صَوَّرَ • (ṣawwara) II (non-past يُصَوِّرُ (yuṣawwiru), verbal noun تَصْوِير (taṣwīr))

to form, to create
to paint, to draw
to illustrate
to depict
to represent
to photograph

Conjugation

Conjugation of صَوَّرَ (II, sound, full passive, verbal noun تَصْوِير)

active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
verbal noun الْمَصْدَر					تَصْوِير taṣwīr
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل					مُصَوِّر muṣawwir
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول					مُصَوَّر muṣawwar
		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	صَوَّرْتُ ṣawwartu	صَوَّرْتَ ṣawwarta	صَوَّرَ ṣawwara	صَوَّرْتُمَا ṣawwartumā	صَوَّرَا ṣawwarā	صَوَّرْنَا ṣawwarnā	صَوَّرْتُمْ ṣawwartum	صَوَّرُوا ṣawwarū
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	f	صَوَّرْتُ ṣawwartu	صَوَّرْتِ ṣawwarti	صَوَّرَتْ ṣawwarat	صَوَّرْتُمَا ṣawwartumā	صَوَّرَتَا ṣawwaratā	صَوَّرْنَا ṣawwarnā	صَوَّرْتُنَّ ṣawwartunna	صَوَّرْنَ ṣawwarna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُصَوِّرُ ʔuṣawwiru	تُصَوِّرُ tuṣawwiru	يُصَوِّرُ yuṣawwiru	تُصَوِّرَانِ tuṣawwirāni	يُصَوِّرَانِ yuṣawwirāni	نُصَوِّرُ nuṣawwiru	تُصَوِّرُونَ tuṣawwirūna	يُصَوِّرُونَ yuṣawwirūna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	f	أُصَوِّرُ ʔuṣawwiru	تُصَوِّرِينَ tuṣawwirīna	تُصَوِّرُ tuṣawwiru	تُصَوِّرَانِ tuṣawwirāni	تُصَوِّرَانِ tuṣawwirāni	نُصَوِّرُ nuṣawwiru	تُصَوِّرْنَ tuṣawwirna	يُصَوِّرْنَ yuṣawwirna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُصَوِّرَ ʔuṣawwira	تُصَوِّرَ tuṣawwira	يُصَوِّرَ yuṣawwira	تُصَوِّرَا tuṣawwirā	يُصَوِّرَا yuṣawwirā	نُصَوِّرَ nuṣawwira	تُصَوِّرُوا tuṣawwirū	يُصَوِّرُوا yuṣawwirū
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	f	أُصَوِّرَ ʔuṣawwira	تُصَوِّرِي tuṣawwirī	تُصَوِّرَ tuṣawwira	تُصَوِّرَا tuṣawwirā	تُصَوِّرَا tuṣawwirā	نُصَوِّرَ nuṣawwira	تُصَوِّرْنَ tuṣawwirna	يُصَوِّرْنَ yuṣawwirna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُصَوِّرْ ʔuṣawwir	تُصَوِّرْ tuṣawwir	يُصَوِّرْ yuṣawwir	تُصَوِّرَا tuṣawwirā	يُصَوِّرَا yuṣawwirā	نُصَوِّرْ nuṣawwir	تُصَوِّرُوا tuṣawwirū	يُصَوِّرُوا yuṣawwirū
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	f	أُصَوِّرْ ʔuṣawwir	تُصَوِّرِي tuṣawwirī	تُصَوِّرْ tuṣawwir	تُصَوِّرَا tuṣawwirā	تُصَوِّرَا tuṣawwirā	نُصَوِّرْ nuṣawwir	تُصَوِّرْنَ tuṣawwirna	يُصَوِّرْنَ yuṣawwirna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		صَوِّرْ ṣawwir		صَوِّرَا ṣawwirā			صَوِّرُوا ṣawwirū
imperative الْأَمْر	f		صَوِّرِي ṣawwirī		صَوِّرَا ṣawwirā			صَوِّرْنَ ṣawwirna
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	صُوِّرْتُ ṣuwwirtu	صُوِّرْتَ ṣuwwirta	صُوِّرَ ṣuwwira	صُوِّرْتُمَا ṣuwwirtumā	صُوِّرَا ṣuwwirā	صُوِّرْنَا ṣuwwirnā	صُوِّرْتُمْ ṣuwwirtum	صُوِّرُوا ṣuwwirū
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	f	صُوِّرْتُ ṣuwwirtu	صُوِّرْتِ ṣuwwirti	صُوِّرَتْ ṣuwwirat	صُوِّرْتُمَا ṣuwwirtumā	صُوِّرَتَا ṣuwwiratā	صُوِّرْنَا ṣuwwirnā	صُوِّرْتُنَّ ṣuwwirtunna	صُوِّرْنَ ṣuwwirna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُصَوَّرُ ʔuṣawwaru	تُصَوَّرُ tuṣawwaru	يُصَوَّرُ yuṣawwaru	تُصَوَّرَانِ tuṣawwarāni	يُصَوَّرَانِ yuṣawwarāni	نُصَوَّرُ nuṣawwaru	تُصَوَّرُونَ tuṣawwarūna	يُصَوَّرُونَ yuṣawwarūna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	f	أُصَوَّرُ ʔuṣawwaru	تُصَوَّرِينَ tuṣawwarīna	تُصَوَّرُ tuṣawwaru	تُصَوَّرَانِ tuṣawwarāni	تُصَوَّرَانِ tuṣawwarāni	نُصَوَّرُ nuṣawwaru	تُصَوَّرْنَ tuṣawwarna	يُصَوَّرْنَ yuṣawwarna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُصَوَّرَ ʔuṣawwara	تُصَوَّرَ tuṣawwara	يُصَوَّرَ yuṣawwara	تُصَوَّرَا tuṣawwarā	يُصَوَّرَا yuṣawwarā	نُصَوَّرَ nuṣawwara	تُصَوَّرُوا tuṣawwarū	يُصَوَّرُوا yuṣawwarū
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	f	أُصَوَّرَ ʔuṣawwara	تُصَوَّرِي tuṣawwarī	تُصَوَّرَ tuṣawwara	تُصَوَّرَا tuṣawwarā	تُصَوَّرَا tuṣawwarā	نُصَوَّرَ nuṣawwara	تُصَوَّرْنَ tuṣawwarna	يُصَوَّرْنَ yuṣawwarna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُصَوَّرْ ʔuṣawwar	تُصَوَّرْ tuṣawwar	يُصَوَّرْ yuṣawwar	تُصَوَّرَا tuṣawwarā	يُصَوَّرَا yuṣawwarā	نُصَوَّرْ nuṣawwar	تُصَوَّرُوا tuṣawwarū	يُصَوَّرُوا yuṣawwarū
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	f	أُصَوَّرْ ʔuṣawwar	تُصَوَّرِي tuṣawwarī	تُصَوَّرْ tuṣawwar	تُصَوَّرَا tuṣawwarā	تُصَوَّرَا tuṣawwarā	نُصَوَّرْ nuṣawwar	تُصَوَّرْنَ tuṣawwarna	يُصَوَّرْنَ yuṣawwarna

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sˤu.war/, /sˤuːr/, /sˤi.war/

Noun

صُوَر or صُور or صِوَر • (ṣuwar or ṣūr or ṣiwar) f pl

plural of صُورَة (ṣūra)

Etymology 3

Seemingly a literary corruption of Hebrew שׁוֹפָּר (šōp̄ārā),^[1] hence doublet of شَبُّور (šabbūr).

Noun

صُور • (ṣūr) m (plural أَصْوَار (ʔaṣwār))

horn (instrument used to signal others)
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 39:68:
  وَنُفِخَ فِي الصُّورِ فَصَعِقَ مَنْ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَنْ فِي الْأَرْضِ إِلَّا مَنْ شَاءَ اللّٰهُ ثُمَّ نُفِخَ فِيهِ أُخْرَى فَإِذَا هُمْ قِيَامٌ يَنْظُرُونَ
  wa-nufiḵa fī aṣ-ṣūri fa-ṣaʕiqa man fi s-samāwāti wa-man fi l-ʔarḍi ʔillā man šāʔa llāhu ṯumma nufiḵa fīhi ʔuḵrā fa-ʔiḏā hum qiyāmun yanẓurūna
  And the trumpet is blown, and all who are in the heavens and all who are in the earth swoon away, save him whom Allah willeth. Then it is blown a second time, and behold them standing waiting!

Declension

Declension of noun صُور (ṣūr)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صُور ṣūr	الصُّور aṣ-ṣūr	صُور ṣūr
Nominative	صُورٌ ṣūrun	الصُّورُ aṣ-ṣūru	صُورُ ṣūru
Accusative	صُورًا ṣūran	الصُّورَ aṣ-ṣūra	صُورَ ṣūra
Genitive	صُورٍ ṣūrin	الصُّورِ aṣ-ṣūri	صُورِ ṣūri
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صُورَيْن ṣūrayn	الصُّورَيْن aṣ-ṣūrayn	صُورَيْ ṣūray
Nominative	صُورَانِ ṣūrāni	الصُّورَانِ aṣ-ṣūrāni	صُورَا ṣūrā
Accusative	صُورَيْنِ ṣūrayni	الصُّورَيْنِ aṣ-ṣūrayni	صُورَيْ ṣūray
Genitive	صُورَيْنِ ṣūrayni	الصُّورَيْنِ aṣ-ṣūrayni	صُورَيْ ṣūray
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَصْوَار ʔaṣwār	الْأَصْوَار al-ʔaṣwār	أَصْوَار ʔaṣwār
Nominative	أَصْوَارٌ ʔaṣwārun	الْأَصْوَارُ al-ʔaṣwāru	أَصْوَارُ ʔaṣwāru
Accusative	أَصْوَارًا ʔaṣwāran	الْأَصْوَارَ al-ʔaṣwāra	أَصْوَارَ ʔaṣwāra
Genitive	أَصْوَارٍ ʔaṣwārin	الْأَصْوَارِ al-ʔaṣwāri	أَصْوَارِ ʔaṣwāri

References

^ Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 779

Etymology 4

From Phoenician 𐤑𐤅𐤓 (ṣwr /⁠Ṣur⁠/, “rock”).

Proper noun

صُور • (ṣūr) f

Tyre (a city in Lebanon)

Declension

Declension of noun صُور (ṣūr)

Singular	basic singular diptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	صُور ṣūr	—
Nominative	—	صُورُ ṣūru	—
Accusative	—	صُورَ ṣūra	—
Genitive	—	صُورَ ṣūra	—

Descendants

→ Ottoman Turkish: صور (sur)
- Turkish: Sur

Etymology 5

Borrowed from Aramaic צוּרָא (ṣūrā), variant of צַרְיָא (ṣaryā), צַארְא (ṣarā, “palm-band”), from Akkadian 𒍝𒊒𒌋 (ṣa-ru-ú /⁠ṣarû⁠/, “a part of the date-palm”).

Alternative forms

صَوْرَة (ṣawra)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sˤawr/

Noun

صَوْر • (ṣawr) m (plural صِيرَان (ṣīrān)) (obsolete)

small palm-tree
what is plucked from the palm-tree sitting in the ground, the root of a palm-tree, a palm-trunk

Declension

Declension of noun صَوْر (ṣawr)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَوْر ṣawr	الصَّوْر aṣ-ṣawr	صَوْر ṣawr
Nominative	صَوْرٌ ṣawrun	الصَّوْرُ aṣ-ṣawru	صَوْرُ ṣawru
Accusative	صَوْرًا ṣawran	الصَّوْرَ aṣ-ṣawra	صَوْرَ ṣawra
Genitive	صَوْرٍ ṣawrin	الصَّوْرِ aṣ-ṣawri	صَوْرِ ṣawri
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَوْرَيْن ṣawrayn	الصَّوْرَيْن aṣ-ṣawrayn	صَوْرَيْ ṣawray
Nominative	صَوْرَانِ ṣawrāni	الصَّوْرَانِ aṣ-ṣawrāni	صَوْرَا ṣawrā
Accusative	صَوْرَيْنِ ṣawrayni	الصَّوْرَيْنِ aṣ-ṣawrayni	صَوْرَيْ ṣawray
Genitive	صَوْرَيْنِ ṣawrayni	الصَّوْرَيْنِ aṣ-ṣawrayni	صَوْرَيْ ṣawray
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صِيرَان ṣīrān	الصِّيرَان aṣ-ṣīrān	صِيرَان ṣīrān
Nominative	صِيرَانٌ ṣīrānun	الصِّيرَانُ aṣ-ṣīrānu	صِيرَانُ ṣīrānu
Accusative	صِيرَانًا ṣīrānan	الصِّيرَانَ aṣ-ṣīrāna	صِيرَانَ ṣīrāna
Genitive	صِيرَانٍ ṣīrānin	الصِّيرَانِ aṣ-ṣīrāni	صِيرَانِ ṣīrāni

References

Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 146
Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 1271a
Lane, Edward William (1863) “صور”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1744
Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎ (in German), volume 2, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 332
Yāqūt al-Ḥamawīy (a. 1229) Ferdinand Wüstenfeld, editor, كتاب معجم البلدان ‎ (in Arabic), volume 3, Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, published 1868, page 432 l. 15
“ṣry⁴”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–

Etymology 6

Root
ص و ر (ṣ w r)
9 terms

Resultative to يَصُورُ (yaṣūru, “to bend towards a shape”).

Noun

صَوْر • (ṣawr) m (obsolete)

Declension

Declension of noun صَوْر (ṣawr)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَوْر ṣawr	الصَّوْر aṣ-ṣawr	صَوْر ṣawr
Nominative	صَوْرٌ ṣawrun	الصَّوْرُ aṣ-ṣawru	صَوْرُ ṣawru
Accusative	صَوْرًا ṣawran	الصَّوْرَ aṣ-ṣawra	صَوْرَ ṣawra
Genitive	صَوْرٍ ṣawrin	الصَّوْرِ aṣ-ṣawri	صَوْرِ ṣawri

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

Root
ص و ر
2 terms

From Arabic صَوَّرَ (ṣawwara).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sˤaw.war/
Audio: (file)

Verb

صور • (ṣawwar) II (non-past يصور (yṣawwar))

to photograph

Conjugation

Conjugation of صور
		singular			plural
		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person
past	m	صوّرت (ṣawwart)	صوّرتي (ṣawwarti)	صوّر (ṣawwar)	صوّرنا (ṣawwarna)	صوّرتوا (ṣawwartu)	صوّروا (ṣawwru)
past	f	صوّرت (ṣawwart)	صوّرتي (ṣawwarti)	صوّرت (ṣawwrāt)	صوّرنا (ṣawwarna)	صوّرتوا (ṣawwartu)	صوّروا (ṣawwru)
non-past	m	نصوّر (nṣawwar)	تصوّر (tṣawwar)	يصوّر (yṣawwar)	نصوّروا (nṣawwru)	تصوّروا (tṣawwru)	يصوّروا (yṣawwru)
non-past	f	نصوّر (nṣawwar)	تصوّري (tṣawwri)	تصوّر (tṣawwar)	نصوّروا (nṣawwru)	تصوّروا (tṣawwru)	يصوّروا (yṣawwru)
imperative	m		صوّر (ṣawwar)			صوّروا (ṣawwru)
imperative	f		صوّري (ṣawwri)			صوّروا (ṣawwru)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic صُور (ṣūr, “horn”), probably a corruption of Hebrew שׁוֹפָר (“shofar, horn”).

Noun

صور • (sur)

horn, any of several wind instruments with one narrow end into which the musician blows
Synonym: بوینوز (boynuz)
(religion, Islam) the trumpet that will be blown on judgement day by the archangel Israfil

Descendants

Turkish: sur

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic صُور (Ṣūr), from Phoenician 𐤑𐤅𐤓 (ṣwr /⁠Ṣur⁠/, “rock”).

Proper noun

صور • (sur)

(historical) Tyre (an ancient city in Phoenicia, in present-day Lebanon)

Descendants

Turkish: Sur

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic صُور (ṣūr).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key):

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Readings
Classical reading^?	sūr
Dari reading^?	sūr
Iranian reading^?	sur
Tajik reading^?	sur

Noun

صور • (sur)

horn, large trumpet
Synonym: شیپور (šeypur)
(Islam) the horn blown by the archangel on judgment day

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic صُور (ṣūr).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading^?	sūr
Dari reading^?	sūr
Iranian reading^?	sur
Tajik reading^?	sur

Proper noun

صور • (sur)

Tyre (a city in Lebanon)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Arabic صُوَر (ṣuwar).

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Readings
Classical reading^?	suwar
Dari reading^?	suwar
Iranian reading^?	sovar
Tajik reading^?	suvar

Noun

صور • (sovar)

plural of (surat)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ص و ر
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic صَوَّر (ṣawwar).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

صوّر • (ṣawwar) II (present بصوّر (biṣawwer))

to photograph, to take a picture
ضلّت تصوّر حالها زيّ كإنّها بتشتغل معنا.
ḍallat tṣawwer ḥālha zayy kaʔinnha btištaḡel maʕna
She kept taking pictures of herself as though she were working with us.

Conjugation

Conjugation of صوّر (ṣawwar)
		singular			plural
		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person
past	m	صوّرت (ṣawwart)	صوّرت (ṣawwart)	صوّر (ṣawwar)	صوّرنا (ṣawwarna)	صوّرتو (ṣawwartu)	صوّرو (ṣawwaru)
past	f	صوّرت (ṣawwart)	صوّرتي (ṣawwarti)	صوّرت (ṣawwarat)	صوّرنا (ṣawwarna)	صوّرتو (ṣawwartu)	صوّرو (ṣawwaru)
present	m	بصوّر (baṣawwer)	بتصوّر (bitṣawwer)	بصوّر (biṣawwer)	منصوّر (minṣawwer)	بتصوّرو (bitṣawwru)	بصوّرو (biṣawwru)
present	f	بصوّر (baṣawwer)	بتصوّري (bitṣawwri)	بتصوّر (bitṣawwer)	منصوّر (minṣawwer)	بتصوّرو (bitṣawwru)	بصوّرو (biṣawwru)
subjunctive	m	اصوّر (aṣawwer)	تصوّر (tṣawwer)	يصوّر (yṣawwer)	نصوّر (nṣawwer)	تصوّرو (tṣawwru)	يصوّرو (yṣawwru)
subjunctive	f	اصوّر (aṣawwer)	تصوّري (tṣawwri)	تصوّر (tṣawwer)	نصوّر (nṣawwer)	تصوّرو (tṣawwru)	يصوّرو (yṣawwru)
imperative	m		صوّر (ṣawwer)			صوّرو (ṣawwru)
imperative	f		صوّري (ṣawwri)			صوّرو (ṣawwru)

[1] Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 779

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