طيارة

See also: طیاره

Arabic

Etymology

From the Arabic root ط ي ر (ṭ-y-r), related to flying. Seemingly as the word for an airplane coined first in Ottoman Turkish طیاره (tayyare) around 1910.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tˤaj.jaː.ra/
• IPA^(key): [tˤi.ja.rˤa]

Noun

طائرة

طَيَّارَة • (ṭayyāra) f (plural طَيَّارَات (ṭayyārāt))

1. (obsolete) a kind of skiff, a festive ferryboat, also طَيَّار (ṭayyār)
2. airplane
3. (deprecated template usage) feminine equivalent of طَيَّار (ṭayyār, “pilot”)

Declension

Declension of noun طَيَّارَة (ṭayyāra)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	طَيَّارَة ṭayyāra	الطَّيَّارَة aṭ-ṭayyāra	طَيَّارَة ṭayyārat
Nominative	طَيَّارَةٌ ṭayyāratun	الطَّيَّارَةُ aṭ-ṭayyāratu	طَيَّارَةُ ṭayyāratu
Accusative	طَيَّارَةً ṭayyāratan	الطَّيَّارَةَ aṭ-ṭayyārata	طَيَّارَةَ ṭayyārata
Genitive	طَيَّارَةٍ ṭayyāratin	الطَّيَّارَةِ aṭ-ṭayyārati	طَيَّارَةِ ṭayyārati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	طَيَّارَتَيْن ṭayyāratayn	الطَّيَّارَتَيْن aṭ-ṭayyāratayn	طَيَّارَتَيْ ṭayyāratay
Nominative	طَيَّارَتَانِ ṭayyāratāni	الطَّيَّارَتَانِ aṭ-ṭayyāratāni	طَيَّارَتَا ṭayyāratā
Accusative	طَيَّارَتَيْنِ ṭayyāratayni	الطَّيَّارَتَيْنِ aṭ-ṭayyāratayni	طَيَّارَتَيْ ṭayyāratay
Genitive	طَيَّارَتَيْنِ ṭayyāratayni	الطَّيَّارَتَيْنِ aṭ-ṭayyāratayni	طَيَّارَتَيْ ṭayyāratay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	طَيَّارَات ṭayyārāt	الطَّيَّارَات aṭ-ṭayyārāt	طَيَّارَات ṭayyārāt
Nominative	طَيَّارَاتٌ ṭayyārātun	الطَّيَّارَاتُ aṭ-ṭayyārātu	طَيَّارَاتُ ṭayyārātu
Accusative	طَيَّارَاتٍ ṭayyārātin	الطَّيَّارَاتِ aṭ-ṭayyārāti	طَيَّارَاتِ ṭayyārāti
Genitive	طَيَّارَاتٍ ṭayyārātin	الطَّيَّارَاتِ aṭ-ṭayyārāti	طَيَّارَاتِ ṭayyārāti

Noun

طِيَارَة • (ṭiyāra) f

1. elegance, grace, vigor; haughtiness, levity in character
2. ornithology, bird studies

Declension

Declension of noun طِيَارَة (ṭiyāra)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	طِيَارَة ṭiyāra	الطِّيَارَة aṭ-ṭiyāra	طِيَارَة ṭiyārat
Nominative	طِيَارَةٌ ṭiyāratun	الطِّيَارَةُ aṭ-ṭiyāratu	طِيَارَةُ ṭiyāratu
Accusative	طِيَارَةً ṭiyāratan	الطِّيَارَةَ aṭ-ṭiyārata	طِيَارَةَ ṭiyārata
Genitive	طِيَارَةٍ ṭiyāratin	الطِّيَارَةِ aṭ-ṭiyārati	طِيَارَةِ ṭiyārati

Descendants

• → Amharic: ጠየረ (ṭäyärä, “to be decked in exquisite garments”)

References

• Agius, Dionisius A. (2008) Classic Ships of Islam. From Mesopotamia to the Indian Ocean (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 92), Leiden: Brill, pages 303–304
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tayyare”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Lewis, Geoffrey (1999) The Turkish Language Reform: A Catastrophic Success, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, page 109

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Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From the root ط ي ر (ṭ-y-r), "to fly" or "birdlike". cognate to the standard Arabic طَائِرَة (ṭāʔira).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tˤaˈjːaːra/

Noun

طَيَّارَة • (ṭayyāra) f (plural طَيَّارَات ‎(ṭayyārāt))

1. airplane
2. aircraft
3. female pilot