تصویر

See also: تصوير

Persian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [tas.ˈwiːɾ]

 

• (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]

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

Noun

Dari	تصویر
Iranian Persian
Tajik	тасвир

تَصْویر • (tasvir) (plural تَصَاویر (tasâvir) or تَصْویرْهَا (tasvir-hâ))

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)
• → 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)	تَصْوِیراں (taṣvīrāṉ)
locative	تَصْوِیری (taṣvīrī)	تَصْوِیرِیں (taṣvīrīṉ)
instrumental	تَصْوِیرِیں (taṣvīrīṉ)	تَصْوِیرے (taṣvīre)

Urdu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic صَوَّرَ (ṣawwara)

Arabic تَصْوِير (taṣwīr)bor.

Classical Persian تَصْوِیر (taswīr)bor.

Urdu تصویر (tsver)

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):

  (file)

• 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, 2025.
• 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.
• S. W. Fallon (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