عبارة

Arabic

Root
ع ب ر (ʕ b r)
16 terms

Etymology 1.1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕi.baː.ra/

Noun

عِبَارَة • (ʕibāra) f (plural عِبَارَات (ʕibārāt))

1. (uncountable) verbal noun of عَبَرَ (ʕabara) (form I)
2. expression, phrase, term

   Synonym: مُصْطَلَح (muṣṭalaḥ)

3. consisting of; in other words, composed of [with عَنْ (ʕan) ‘of’]
   • 2018 August 28, Noor Sabahi, “الخوارزميات وبنى المعطيات – البحث الثنائي [Algorithms and Data Structures – Binary Search]”, in Schwarz tiger's Weblog‎^[1] (Blog), archived from the original on 22 August 2026:

     البحث الثنائي عبارة عن خوارزمية بحث سريع مع تعقيد زمن تشغيل Ο (log n)

     Binary search consists of a fast search algorithm with a time complexity of O (log n)

Declension

Declension of noun عِبَارَة (ʕibāra)

singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	عِبَارَة ʕibāra	الْعِبَارَة al-ʕibāra	عِبَارَة ʕibārat
nominative	عِبَارَةٌ ʕibāratun	الْعِبَارَةُ al-ʕibāratu	عِبَارَةُ ʕibāratu
accusative	عِبَارَةً ʕibāratan	الْعِبَارَةَ al-ʕibārata	عِبَارَةَ ʕibārata
genitive	عِبَارَةٍ ʕibāratin	الْعِبَارَةِ al-ʕibārati	عِبَارَةِ ʕibārati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	عِبَارَتَيْن ʕibāratayn	الْعِبَارَتَيْن al-ʕibāratayn	عِبَارَتَيْ ʕibāratay
nominative	عِبَارَتَانِ ʕibāratāni	الْعِبَارَتَانِ al-ʕibāratāni	عِبَارَتَا ʕibāratā
accusative	عِبَارَتَيْنِ ʕibāratayni	الْعِبَارَتَيْنِ al-ʕibāratayni	عِبَارَتَيْ ʕibāratay
genitive	عِبَارَتَيْنِ ʕibāratayni	الْعِبَارَتَيْنِ al-ʕibāratayni	عِبَارَتَيْ ʕibāratay
plural	sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	عِبَارَات ʕibārāt	الْعِبَارَات al-ʕibārāt	عِبَارَات ʕibārāt
nominative	عِبَارَاتٌ ʕibārātun	الْعِبَارَاتُ al-ʕibārātu	عِبَارَاتُ ʕibārātu
accusative	عِبَارَاتٍ ʕibārātin	الْعِبَارَاتِ al-ʕibārāti	عِبَارَاتِ ʕibārāti
genitive	عِبَارَاتٍ ʕibārātin	الْعِبَارَاتِ al-ʕibārāti	عِبَارَاتِ ʕibārāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: ibarə, ibarət
• → Malay: ibarat

  → Indonesian: ibarat

• → Ottoman Turkish: عباره (ʿibāre), عبارت (ʿibāret)

  > Turkish: ibare, ibaret (inherited)

• → Persian: عبارت ('ebârat)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: इबारत (ibārat)

    Urdu: عِبارَت ('ibārat)

• → Tajik: иборат (iborat)
• → Tatar: гыйбарә (ğıybarä), ğibarä
• → Turkmen: ybarat
• → Uyghur: ئىبارە (ibare), ئىبارەت (ibaret)
• → Uzbek: ibora, iborat

See also

• تَعْبِير (taʕbīr)
• لَفْظ (lafẓ)

Etymology 1.2

Tool noun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕab.baː.ra/

Noun

عَبَّارَة • (ʕabbāra) f (plural عَبَّارَات (ʕabbārāt))

1. ferry

   Synonym: مُعَدِّيَة (muʕaddiya)

Declension

Declension of noun عَبَّارَة (ʕabbāra)

singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	عَبَّارَة ʕabbāra	الْعَبَّارَة al-ʕabbāra	عَبَّارَة ʕabbārat
nominative	عَبَّارَةٌ ʕabbāratun	الْعَبَّارَةُ al-ʕabbāratu	عَبَّارَةُ ʕabbāratu
accusative	عَبَّارَةً ʕabbāratan	الْعَبَّارَةَ al-ʕabbārata	عَبَّارَةَ ʕabbārata
genitive	عَبَّارَةٍ ʕabbāratin	الْعَبَّارَةِ al-ʕabbārati	عَبَّارَةِ ʕabbārati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	عَبَّارَتَيْن ʕabbāratayn	الْعَبَّارَتَيْن al-ʕabbāratayn	عَبَّارَتَيْ ʕabbāratay
nominative	عَبَّارَتَانِ ʕabbāratāni	الْعَبَّارَتَانِ al-ʕabbāratāni	عَبَّارَتَا ʕabbāratā
accusative	عَبَّارَتَيْنِ ʕabbāratayni	الْعَبَّارَتَيْنِ al-ʕabbāratayni	عَبَّارَتَيْ ʕabbāratay
genitive	عَبَّارَتَيْنِ ʕabbāratayni	الْعَبَّارَتَيْنِ al-ʕabbāratayni	عَبَّارَتَيْ ʕabbāratay
plural	sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	عَبَّارَات ʕabbārāt	الْعَبَّارَات al-ʕabbārāt	عَبَّارَات ʕabbārāt
nominative	عَبَّارَاتٌ ʕabbārātun	الْعَبَّارَاتُ al-ʕabbārātu	عَبَّارَاتُ ʕabbārātu
accusative	عَبَّارَاتٍ ʕabbārātin	الْعَبَّارَاتِ al-ʕabbārāti	عَبَّارَاتِ ʕabbārāti
genitive	عَبَّارَاتٍ ʕabbārātin	الْعَبَّارَاتِ al-ʕabbārāti	عَبَّارَاتِ ʕabbārāti

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “عبارة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 687

Gulf Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ع ب ر
1 term

From Arabic عِبَارَة (ʕibāra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕɪˈbaː.rə/

Noun

عِبارة • (ʕibāra) f (plural عِبارات (ʕibārāt))

1. phrase, expression, saying

Etymology 2

Root
ع ب ر
1 term

From Arabic عَبَّارَة (ʕabbāra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕəˈbːaː.rə/

Noun

عَبّارة • (ʿabbāra) f (plural عَبّارات (ʕabbārāt))

1. ferry

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Root
ع ب ر
4 terms

Learned borrowing from Arabic عِبَارَة (ʕibāra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕi.baː.re/, [ʕɪˈbɑː.rˤɑ]
• IPA^(key): /ʕi.baː.ra/, [ʕɪˈbɑː.rˤɑ]

• Audio (Ramallah):

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Noun

عبارة • (ʕibāra) f (plural عبارات (ʕibārāt))

1. phrase, expression, saying

Adjective

عبارة • (ʕibāra)

1. consisting of; in other words [with عن (ʕan) ‘of’]

   الحركة عبارة عن ستّ خطوات.

   il-ḥarake ʕibāra ʕan sitt ḵuṭwāt

   The move consists of six steps.