سيارة

See also: سیاره and سیارہ

Arabic

Root
س ي ر (s-y-r)

Etymology

Tool noun formed from the characteristic adjective of سَارَ (sāra, “to move, to travel”), as سَيَّار (sayyār, “moving frequently”) +‎ ـَة (-a).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saj.jaː.ra/
  • (Kuwait) IPA^(key): /səj.jɑː.rə/
  • (Moroccan) IPA^(key): /sij.jaː.ra/

• Audio

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Noun

سَيَّارَة • (sayyāra) f (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

Declension

Declension of noun سَيَّارَة (sayyāra)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَيَّارَة sayyāra	السَّيَّارَة as-sayyāra	سَيَّارَة sayyārat
Nominative	سَيَّارَةٌ sayyāratun	السَّيَّارَةُ as-sayyāratu	سَيَّارَةُ sayyāratu
Accusative	سَيَّارَةً sayyāratan	السَّيَّارَةَ as-sayyārata	سَيَّارَةَ sayyārata
Genitive	سَيَّارَةٍ sayyāratin	السَّيَّارَةِ as-sayyārati	سَيَّارَةِ sayyārati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَيَّارَتَيْن sayyāratayn	السَّيَّارَتَيْن as-sayyāratayn	سَيَّارَتَيْ sayyāratay
Nominative	سَيَّارَتَانِ sayyāratāni	السَّيَّارَتَانِ as-sayyāratāni	سَيَّارَتَا sayyāratā
Accusative	سَيَّارَتَيْنِ sayyāratayni	السَّيَّارَتَيْنِ as-sayyāratayni	سَيَّارَتَيْ sayyāratay
Genitive	سَيَّارَتَيْنِ sayyāratayni	السَّيَّارَتَيْنِ as-sayyāratayni	سَيَّارَتَيْ sayyāratay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَيَّارَات sayyārāt	السَّيَّارَات as-sayyārāt	سَيَّارَات sayyārāt
Nominative	سَيَّارَاتٌ sayyārātun	السَّيَّارَاتُ as-sayyārātu	سَيَّارَاتُ sayyārātu
Accusative	سَيَّارَاتٍ sayyārātin	السَّيَّارَاتِ as-sayyārāti	سَيَّارَاتِ sayyārāti
Genitive	سَيَّارَاتٍ sayyārātin	السَّيَّارَاتِ as-sayyārāti	سَيَّارَاتِ sayyārāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: səyyarə
• → Chagatai: سیاره
  • Uyghur: سەييارە (seyyare)
  • Uzbek: sayyora
• → Ottoman Turkish: سیاره (seyyâre)
  • Turkish: seyyare
  • Crimean Tatar: seyyare
• → Persian: سیاره (sayyâre)
  • → Urdu: سیارہ (sayyārā)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “سيار”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “سير”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Gulf Arabic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic سَيَّارَة (sayyāra).

Pronunciation

• (Kuwait) IPA^(key): /səjːɑːrə/

Noun

سيارة • (sayyāra) f (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

South Levantine Arabic

Root
س ي ر
3 terms

سيّارات عتيقة في كوبا ― vintage cars in Cuba

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic سَيَّارَة (sayyāra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saj.jaː.ra/, [sajˈjɑː.rɑ]

• Audio (Amman)

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Noun

سيّارة • (sayyāra) f (plural سيّارات (sayyārāt))

1. car, automobile