ثور

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

Arabic[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

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

  1. bull, steer, ox
  2. (definite) Taurus (astronomy)
Declension[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • 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[edit]

From the root ث و ر (ṯ-w-r).

Noun[edit]

ثَوْر (ṯawrm

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

Hijazi Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic ثَوْر (ṯawr).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ثور (tōrm (plural ثيران (tīrān))

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

Persian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic ثَوْر (ṯawr).

Pronunciation[edit]

 

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

Noun[edit]

Dari ثور
Iranian Persian
Tajik савр

ثور (sowr)

  1. bull

Proper noun[edit]

Dari ثور
Iranian Persian
Tajik Савр

ثور (sowr)

  1. (astronomy) Taurus

Further reading[edit]

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