سيارة
Appearance
Arabic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Tool noun formed from the characteristic adjective of سَارَ (sāra, “to move, to travel”), as سَيَّار (sayyār, “moving frequently”) + ـَة (-a). cognate to the Hebrew root סי"ר
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]سَيَّارَة • (sayyāra) f (plural سَيَّارَات (sayyārāt))
- automobile, car, motorcar
- (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.
- (dated) ellipsis of كَوْكَب سَيَّار (kawkab sayyār, “planet”)
Declension
[edit]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
[edit]- → Azerbaijani: səyyarə
- → Chagatai: سیاره
- → Ottoman Turkish: سیاره (seyyâre)
- → Persian: سیاره (sayyâre)
- → Urdu: سیارہ (sayyārā)
References
[edit]- 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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Arabic سَيَّارَة (sayyāra).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]سيارة • (sayyāra) f (construct state سيارة (sayyārat), plural سيايير (siyāyīr) or سيارات (sayyārāt))
- car, automobile, motorcar
- امس وديت السيارة القراج عشان يغيرون الزيت.
- I took the car to the mechanic yesterday to change the oil
Hijazi Arabic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Arabic سَيَّارَة (sayyāra).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]سيّارة • (sayyāra) f (plural سيّارات (sayyārāt))
South Levantine Arabic
[edit]
Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Arabic سَيَّارَة (sayyāra).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Categories:
- Arabic terms belonging to the root س ي ر
- Arabic tool nouns
- Arabic terms suffixed with ة
- Arabic 3-syllable words
- Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Gulf Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Moroccan Arabic 3-syllable words
- Moroccan Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Arabic terms with audio pronunciation
- Arabic lemmas
- Arabic nouns
- Arabic feminine nouns
- Arabic collective nouns
- Arabic terms with quotations
- Arabic dated terms
- Arabic ellipses
- Arabic nouns with triptote singular in -a
- Arabic nouns with sound feminine plural
- ar:Automobiles
- ar:Transport
- Gulf Arabic terms borrowed from Arabic
- Gulf Arabic learned borrowings from Arabic
- Gulf Arabic terms derived from Arabic
- Gulf Arabic lemmas
- Gulf Arabic nouns
- Gulf Arabic feminine nouns
- Gulf Arabic terms with usage examples
- afb:Transport
- Hijazi Arabic terms belonging to the root س ي ر
- Hijazi Arabic terms borrowed from Arabic
- Hijazi Arabic learned borrowings from Arabic
- Hijazi Arabic terms derived from Arabic
- Hijazi Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hijazi Arabic lemmas
- Hijazi Arabic nouns
- Hijazi Arabic feminine nouns
- acw:Transport
- acw:Vehicles
- South Levantine Arabic terms belonging to the root س ي ر
- South Levantine Arabic terms with usage examples
- South Levantine Arabic terms borrowed from Arabic
- South Levantine Arabic learned borrowings from Arabic
- South Levantine Arabic terms derived from Arabic
- South Levantine Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation
- South Levantine Arabic terms with audio pronunciation
- South Levantine Arabic lemmas
- South Levantine Arabic nouns
- South Levantine Arabic feminine nouns
- ajp:Transport
- ajp:Vehicles