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سور

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See also: سؤر, شور, سؤز, and سوز

Arabic

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سُور

Etymology 1

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Argued to be a loan from Aramaic שׂוּרָא / ܫܘܪܐ (šūrā), but other cognates such as Sabaean 𐩣𐩬𐩪𐩥𐩧𐩩 (mns¹wrt, walls) and Tigre ሶር (sor, partition wall) (unless that form is itself borrowed from Arabic) suggest that it may in fact be inherited.

Noun

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سُور (sūrm (plural أَسْوَار (ʔaswār) or سِيرَان (sīrān))

  1. wall that encloses and protects a building
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References
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  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 237
  • Kogan, Leonid (2015) Genealogical Classification of Semitic. The Lexical Isoglosses, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 397
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “سور”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[1], London: W.H. Allen

Verb

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سَوَّرَ (sawwara) II (non-past يُسَوِّرُ (yusawwiru), verbal noun تَسْوِير (taswīr))

  1. to enclose with a wall or fences
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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سُوَر (suwarf pl

  1. plural of سُورَة (sūra)

Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Arabic سُور (sūr, wall), argued to be a loan from Aramaic שׂוּרָא (šūrā, wall, fortification).

Noun

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سور (sur) (definite accusative سوری (surı), plural اسوار (esvar) or سیران (sirân))

  1. wall, any structure built with stones, earth etc. built for defensive pruposes, surrounding a place
    Synonym: دیوار (duvar)
Descendants
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  • Turkish: sur

Further reading

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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Persian سور (sur, nuptials), from Old Persian *θūryas (banquet, feast).

Noun

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سور (sur)

  1. wedding, nuptials, the ceremony that marks the beginning of a marriage
    Synonyms: دوگون (düğün), عرس (ʼurs)
Descendants
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Further reading

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Pashto

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Etymology

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From Proto-Iranian *cuxráh.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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سور (sur)

  1. red

Declension

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See also

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Colors in Pashto · رنګونه (ranguna) (layout · text)
     سپين (spin)      خړ (xëṛ)      تور (tor)
             سور (sur)              نارنجي (nâranji); نسواري (naswâri)              ژېړ (žeṛ)
                          شين (šin)             
                                       شين (shin)
             چوڼيا (čuṇyâ); نيلي (nili)              کینخي (kinaxi)              ګلابي (gwëlâbi)

Persian

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Etymology

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From Old Persian *θūryas (banquet, feast), from Proto-Iranian *cuHryás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćuHryás, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewH- (to shine), see also Sanskrit श्वस् (śvas, tomorrow).[1][2] Related to Northern Kurdish sor (red).

Noun

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سور (sur)

  1. nuptials
  2. banquet, feast, entertainment

References

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  1. ^ Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. (1861). India: Bishop's College Press, p. 341
  2. ^ de Vaan, Michiel (2003) Beekes, R.S.P., Lubotsky, A., Weitenberg, J.J.S., editors, The Avestan Vowels (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 12), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN

Punjabi

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Prakrit सूअर (sūara), from Sanskrit सूकर (sūkara). Compare Urdu سؤر (sū'ar).

Noun

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سُوْر (sūrm (Gurmukhi spelling ਸੂਰ)

  1. pig, swine
    Synonym: خَنْزِیر (xanzīr)
Declension
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Declension of سور
dir. sg. سُور (sūr)
dir. pl. سُور (sūr)
singular plural
direct سُور (sūr) سُور (sūr)
oblique سُور (sūr) سُوراں (sūrāṉ)
vocative سُورا (sūrā) سُورو (sūro)
ablative سُوروں (sūroṉ) سُوراں (sūrāṉ)
locative سُورے (sūre) سُورِیں (sūrīṉ)
instrumental سُوروں (sūroṉ)

Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

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سُوْر (sūr)

  1. brave, valiant, intrepid
    Synonyms: بَہادَر (bahādar), دَلیر (daler)
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Etymology 3

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From Sanskrit सूर (sūra). Related to سُورَج (sūraj).

Noun

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سُوْر (sūrm (Gurmukhi spelling ਸੂਰ)

  1. (informal, poetic, rare) Alternative form of سُورَج (sūraj, the Sun)

References

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  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sūkará”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 780
  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “سُور”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • ਸੂਰ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024

Southeast Pashayi

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Etymology

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From Sanskrit सूर्य (sūrya).

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): [sʊr]

Noun

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سوُر (sor)

  1. sun

Further reading

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Ushojo

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Noun

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سور (sōr)

  1. rider