Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

Root
ص و ر (ṣ-w-r)

Derived from the active participle of صَوَّرَ (ṣawwara, to photograph, to depict).

Noun edit

مُصَوِّر (muṣawwirm (plural مُصَوِّرُون (muṣawwirūn), feminine مُصَوِّرَة (muṣawwira))

  1. photographer
  2. cameraman
  3. creator, shaper
  4. illustrator
  5. painter
Declension edit
References edit
  • Mace, John (2007) “تصور”, in Arabic Verbs, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “صور”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Proper noun edit

المُصَوِّر (al-muṣawwirm

  1. (Islam) one of the beautiful Names of God, "the Shaper, the Fashioner"
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 59:24:
      هُوَ اللَّهُ الْخَالِقُ الْبَارِئُ الْمُصَوِّرُ لَهُ الْأَسْمَاءُ الْحُسْنَى يُسَبِّحُ لَهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ
      huwa l-lahu l-ḵāliqu l-bāriʔu l-muṣawwiru lahu l-ʔasmāʔu l-ḥusnā yusabbiḥu lahu mā fī s-samāwāti wālʔarḍi wahuwa l-ʕazīzu l-ḥakīmu
      He is Allah, the Creator, the Inventor, the Fashioner; to Him belong the best names. Whatever is in the heavens and earth is exalting Him. And He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

Etymology 2 edit

Root
ص و ر (ṣ-w-r)

Derived from the passive participle of صَوَّرَ (ṣawwara, to photograph, to depict).

Noun edit

مُصَوَّر (muṣawwar) (feminine مُصَوَّرَة (muṣawwara), masculine plural مُصَوَّرُونَ (muṣawwarūna), feminine plural مُصَوَّرَات (muṣawwarāt))

  1. illustrated
Declension edit
References edit
  • Mace, John (2007) “تصور”, in Arabic Verbs, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “صور”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 3 edit

Root
ص و ر (ṣ-w-r)

Derived from the passive participle of صَوَّرَ (ṣawwara, to photograph, to depict).

Noun edit

مُصَوَّر (muṣawwar) (feminine مُصَوَّرَة (muṣawwara), masculine plural مُصَوَّرُونَ (muṣawwarūna), feminine plural مُصَوَّرَات (muṣawwarāt))

  1. illustrated
Declension edit
References edit
  • Mace, John (2007) “تصور”, in Arabic Verbs, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “صور”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 4 edit

Root
ص و ر (ṣ-w-r)

Noun of place of صَوَّرَ (ṣawwara, to photograph, to depict).

Noun edit

مُصَوَّر (muṣawwarm (plural مُصَوَّرَات (muṣawwarāt))

  1. photography studio
Declension edit
References edit
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “صور”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Persian edit

Adjective edit

مصور (mosavvar)

  1. illustrated, pictorial