تصویر

See also: تصوير

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَصْوِير (taṣwīr, “depiction; drawing; painting”).

Noun

تصویر • (tasvir) (definite accusative تصویری (tasviri), plural تصویرات (tasvirât))

1. depiction, picture, design
2. portrait

Derived terms

• تصویر ایتمك (tasvir etmek, “to picture, represent”)
• تصویر كبی (tasvir gibi, “handsome, as a picture”)
• تصویر همایون (tasvir-i hümayun, “the sultan's portrait”)
• تصویرجی (tasvirci, “portrait painter”)

Descendants

• Turkish: tasvir
• → Armenian: թասվիր (tʻasvir), թա̈սբիր (tʻäsbir)

Further reading

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• Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1881), “تصویر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume I, Paris: E. Leroux, page 468
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “tasvir”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 5, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4626
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962), “tasvîr”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎ [Ottoman–Turkish Encyclopedic Dictionary]‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1242
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “تصویر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 376
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Pictio”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 1298
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “تصویر”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 1217
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “tasvir”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “تصویر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 554

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَصْوِير (taṣwīr), from صَوَّرَ (ṣawwara).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /tas.ˈwiːr/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäs.wíːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäs.wíːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäs.wíːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäs.wíɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰæs.víːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäs.víɾ]

• Rhymes: -iːr

Readings
Classical reading?	taswīr
Dari reading?	taswīr
Iranian reading?	tasvir
Tajik reading?	tasvir

Noun

Dari	تصویر
Iranian Persian
Tajik	тасвир

تصویر • (taswīr / tasvir) (plural تصاویر, or تصویرها (taswīr-hā / tasvir-hâ), Tajik spelling тасвир)

1. image, depiction, portrayal (representation of reality)

   تصویری از حقیقت ― tasviri az haqiqat ― a portrayal of the truth

   1. photograph, picture

      Synonym: عکس ('aks)

   2. painting, portrait

Derived terms

• تصویر کردن (tasvir kardan, “to portray, to draw”)
• تصویرگر (tasvirgar, “illustrator”)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: təsvir
• → Bengali: তসবির (tosbir)
• → Gujarati: તસવીર (tasvīr)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: तस्वीर (tasvīr)

  Urdu: تَصْوِیر (tasvīr)

• → Kashmiri: تصویٖر (tasvir)
• → Kumyk: тасвир (taswir)
• → Punjabi:
  • Gurmukhi script: ਤਸਵੀਰ (tasvīr)
  • Shahmukhi script: تَصْوِیر (taṣvīr)
• → Sindhi: تَصوِيرَ (taṣvīra)
• → Chagatai:
  • Uyghur: تەسۋىر (teswir)
  • Uzbek: tasvir

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تَصْوِیر (taswīr), borrowed from Arabic تَصْوِير (taṣwīr), from صَوَّرَ (ṣawwara).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /t̪əs.ʋiːɾ/, [t̪ɐs.ʋiːɾᵊ]

Noun

تَصْوِیر • (taṣvīr) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਤਸਵੀਰ)

1. picture
2. image

Declension

Declension of تصویر

	singular	plural
direct	تَصْوِیر (taṣvīr)	تَصْوِیراں (taṣvīrāṉ)
oblique	تَصْوِیر (taṣvīr)	تَصْوِیراں (taṣvīrāṉ)
vocative	تَصْوِیرے (taṣvīre)	تَصْوِیرو (taṣvīro)
ablative	تَصْوِیروں (taṣvīroṉ)	—
locative	تَصْوِیری (taṣvīrī)	تَصْوِیرِیں (taṣvīrīṉ)
instrumental	تَصْوِیرے (taṣvīre)	تَصْوِیرِیں (taṣvīrīṉ)

Urdu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic صَوَّرَ (ṣawwara)

Arabic تَصْوِير (taṣwīr)bor.

Classical Persian تَصْوِیر (taswīr)bor.

Urdu تصویر

Borrowed from Classical Persian تَصْوِیر (taswīr), borrowed from Arabic تَصْوِير (taṣwīr), from صَوَّرَ (ṣawwara). First attested in c. 1500 as Middle Hindi تَصْوِیر (tṣvyr).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪əs.ʋiːɾ/, [t̪əs.wiːɾ]

• Audio (Pakistan):

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• Rhymes: -iːɾ
• Hyphenation: تَصْ‧وِیر

Noun

تَصْوِیر • (tasvīr) f (formal plural تَصَاوِیر (tasāvīr), Hindi spelling तस्वीर)

1. image, picture, photograph
2. depiction, portrayal, drawing
3. (figuratively) a representation, figure
4. (figuratively) condition, state
5. (broadcasting) video (as opposed to sound)

   Antonym: آواز (āvāz)

Declension

Declension of تصویر

	singular	plural
direct	تَصْوِیر (taṣvīr)	تَصْوِیریں (taṣvīrẽ)
oblique	تَصْوِیر (taṣvīr)	تَصْوِیروں (taṣvīrõ)
vocative	تَصْوِیر (taṣvīr)	تَصْوِیرو (taṣvīro)

Further reading

• “تصویر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “تصویر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “تصویر”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884), “تصویر”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• Fallon, S. W. (1879), “تصویر”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
• John Shakespear (1834), “تصویر”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC