سيارة

See also: سیاره‎

Arabic

Etymology

From the root س ي ر‎ (s-y-r). 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/
  • (Kuwaiti Gulf Arabic) IPA^(key): /səj.jɑː.rə/
  • (Moroccan) IPA^(key): /sij.jaː.ra/

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Noun

سَيَّارَة • (sayyāra) f (plural سَيَّارَات‎ (sayyārāt))

1. automobile, car, motorcar
2. (collective) caravan, travellers

   Synonym: قَافِلَة‎ (qāfila)

   • 609–632 C.E., Qur'an, 12:19:

     ‏وَجَاءَتْ سَيَّارَةٌ فَأَرْسَلُوا وَارِدَهُمْ فَأَدْلَى دَلْوَهُ قَالَ يَا بُشْرَى هَٰذَا غُلَامٌ وَأَسَرُّوهُ بِضَاعَةً وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ‎

     wa-jāʾat sayyāratun fa-ʾarsalū wāridahum fa-ʾadlā dalwahu qāla yā bušrā hāḏā ḡulāmun wa-ʾasarrūhu biḍāʿatan wa-l-lahu ʿalīmun bi-mā yaʿmalūna

     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
• → Uzbek: sayyora

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

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Gulf Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic سَيَّارَة‎ (sayyāra).

Pronunciation

• (Kuwaiti Gulf Arabic) IPA^(key): /səjːɑːrə/
  • (Kuwaiti Gulf Arabic) IPA^(key): (construct) /səjːɑːrət/

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