تصویر
See also: تصوير
Persian edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic تَصْوِير (taṣwīr).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [tas.ˈwiːɾ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰæs.víːɹ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰäs.víɾ]
Readings | |
---|---|
Classical reading? | taswīr |
Dari reading? | taswīr |
Iranian reading? | tasvir |
Tajik reading? | tasvir |
Noun edit
Dari | تصویر |
---|---|
Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | тасвир |
تَصْویر • (tasvir) (plural تَصَاویر (tasâvir) or تَصْویرْهَا (tasvir-hâ))
- image, depiction, portrayal (representation of reality)
- تصویری از حقیقت ― tasviri az haqiqat ― a portrayal of the truth
- photograph, picture
- Synonym: عکس ('aks)
- painting, portrait
Derived terms edit
- تصویر کردن (tasvir kardan, “to portray, to draw”)
- تصویرگر (tasvirgar, “illustrator”)
Descendants edit
Punjabi edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Urdu تَصْوِیر (tasvīr), from Classical Persian تصویر (taswīr), from Arabic تَصْوِير (taṣwīr).
Noun edit
Urdu edit
Etymology edit
First attested in c. 1500 as Middle Hindi تَصْوِیر (tasvīr), borrowed from Classical Persian تَصْوِیر (taswīr), from Arabic تَصْوِير (taṣwīr).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /t̪əs.ʋiːɾ/, [t̪əs.wiːɾ]
Audio (Pakistan) (file) - Rhymes: -iːɾ
- Hyphenation: تَصْ‧وِیر
Noun edit
تَصْوِیر • (tasvīr) f (formal plural تَصَاوِیر (tasāvīr), Hindi spelling तस्वीर)
- image, picture, photograph
- (archaic) depiction, portrayal, drawing
- Synonym: آواز (āvāz)
- (figuratively) a representation, figure
- (figuratively) condition, state
- (broadcasting) video (as opposed to sound)
Declension edit
Declension of تصویر | ||
---|---|---|
singular | plural | |
direct | تَصْوِیر (taṣvīr) | تَصْوِیریں (taṣvīrẽ) |
oblique | تَصْوِیر (taṣvīr) | تَصْوِیروں (taṣvīrõ) |
vocative | تَصْوِیر (taṣvīr) | تَصْوِیرو (taṣvīro) |
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “تصویر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “تصویر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “تصویر”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John Thompson (1884) “تصویر”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., →ISBN, →OCLC
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “تصویر”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
- John Shakespear (1834) “تصویر”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC