ثريا

See also: ثریا

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ث ر و (ṯ r w)
2 terms

Diminutive of ثَرِيّ (ṯariyy, “many, numerous, abundant”) from the root ث ر و (ṯ-r-w) meaning "to be great in number or quantity", "to be numerous", "to be abundant", "to possess much"; literally "the little one possessing many" or "the dear abundant one".

Proper noun

الثُّرَيَّا • (aṯ-ṯurayyā) f

2. the Pleiades
3. a high place in the sky

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: Sürəyya
• → Chagatai: ثریا
  • Uyghur: سۇرەييا (sureyya)
  • Uzbek: Surayyo
• → Ottoman Turkish: ثریا (Süreyyâ)
  • Turkish: Süreyya
• → Persian: ثریا (sorayyâ)
• → Swahili: thurea
• → Tajik: Сурайё (Surayyo)
• → Urdu: ثریا (sryā)

Etymology 2

From likening the cluster of lamps to the asterism of the Pleiades.

Alternative forms

• ثُرَيَّة (ṯurayya)

Noun

ثُرَيَّا • (ṯurayyā) f (dual ثُرَيَّان (ṯurayyān), plural ثُرَيَّات (ṯurayyāt))

2. chandelier

Declension

Declension of noun ثُرَيَّا (ṯurayyā)

Singular	singular invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ثُرَيَّا ṯurayyā	الثُّرَيَّا aṯ-ṯurayyā	ثُرَيَّا ṯurayyā
Nominative	ثُرَيَّا ṯurayyā	الثُّرَيَّا aṯ-ṯurayyā	ثُرَيَّا ṯurayyā
Accusative	ثُرَيَّا ṯurayyā	الثُّرَيَّا aṯ-ṯurayyā	ثُرَيَّا ṯurayyā
Genitive	ثُرَيَّا ṯurayyā	الثُّرَيَّا aṯ-ṯurayyā	ثُرَيَّا ṯurayyā
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ثُرَيَّيْن ṯurayyayn	الثُّرَيَّيْن aṯ-ṯurayyayn	ثُرَيَّيْ ṯurayyay
Nominative	ثُرَيَّانِ ṯurayyāni	الثُّرَيَّانِ aṯ-ṯurayyāni	ثُرَيَّا ṯurayyā
Accusative	ثُرَيَّيْنِ ṯurayyayni	الثُّرَيَّيْنِ aṯ-ṯurayyayni	ثُرَيَّيْ ṯurayyay
Genitive	ثُرَيَّيْنِ ṯurayyayni	الثُّرَيَّيْنِ aṯ-ṯurayyayni	ثُرَيَّيْ ṯurayyay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ثُرَيَّات ṯurayyāt	الثُّرَيَّات aṯ-ṯurayyāt	ثُرَيَّات ṯurayyāt
Nominative	ثُرَيَّاتٌ ṯurayyātun	الثُّرَيَّاتُ aṯ-ṯurayyātu	ثُرَيَّاتُ ṯurayyātu
Accusative	ثُرَيَّاتٍ ṯurayyātin	الثُّرَيَّاتِ aṯ-ṯurayyāti	ثُرَيَّاتِ ṯurayyāti
Genitive	ثُرَيَّاتٍ ṯurayyātin	الثُّرَيَّاتِ aṯ-ṯurayyāti	ثُرَيَّاتِ ṯurayyāti

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “ثريا”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate, pages 335–336
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “ثريا”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 152