تواتر

Arabic

Root
و ت ر (w t r)
5 terms

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.waː.ta.ra/

Verb

تَوَاتَرَ • (tawātara) VI (non-past يَتَوَاتَرُ (yatawātaru), verbal noun تَوَاتُر (tawātur))

1. to follow in uninterrupted succession
2. to repeat, to recur

Conjugation

    Conjugation of تَوَاتَرَ (VI, sound, impersonal passive (?), verbal noun تَوَاتُر)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						تَوَاتُر tawātur
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						مُتَوَاتِر mutawātir
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مُتَوَاتَر mutawātar
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	تَوَاتَرْتُ tawātartu	تَوَاتَرْتَ tawātarta	تَوَاتَرَ tawātara		تَوَاتَرْتُمَا tawātartumā	تَوَاتَرَا tawātarā		تَوَاتَرْنَا tawātarnā	تَوَاتَرْتُمْ tawātartum	تَوَاتَرُوا tawātarū
	f		تَوَاتَرْتِ tawātarti	تَوَاتَرَتْ tawātarat			تَوَاتَرَتَا tawātaratā			تَوَاتَرْتُنَّ tawātartunna	تَوَاتَرْنَ tawātarna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَتَوَاتَرُ ʔatawātaru	تَتَوَاتَرُ tatawātaru	يَتَوَاتَرُ yatawātaru		تَتَوَاتَرَانِ tatawātarāni	يَتَوَاتَرَانِ yatawātarāni		نَتَوَاتَرُ natawātaru	تَتَوَاتَرُونَ tatawātarūna	يَتَوَاتَرُونَ yatawātarūna
	f		تَتَوَاتَرِينَ tatawātarīna	تَتَوَاتَرُ tatawātaru			تَتَوَاتَرَانِ tatawātarāni			تَتَوَاتَرْنَ tatawātarna	يَتَوَاتَرْنَ yatawātarna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَتَوَاتَرَ ʔatawātara	تَتَوَاتَرَ tatawātara	يَتَوَاتَرَ yatawātara		تَتَوَاتَرَا tatawātarā	يَتَوَاتَرَا yatawātarā		نَتَوَاتَرَ natawātara	تَتَوَاتَرُوا tatawātarū	يَتَوَاتَرُوا yatawātarū
	f		تَتَوَاتَرِي tatawātarī	تَتَوَاتَرَ tatawātara			تَتَوَاتَرَا tatawātarā			تَتَوَاتَرْنَ tatawātarna	يَتَوَاتَرْنَ yatawātarna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَتَوَاتَرْ ʔatawātar	تَتَوَاتَرْ tatawātar	يَتَوَاتَرْ yatawātar		تَتَوَاتَرَا tatawātarā	يَتَوَاتَرَا yatawātarā		نَتَوَاتَرْ natawātar	تَتَوَاتَرُوا tatawātarū	يَتَوَاتَرُوا yatawātarū
	f		تَتَوَاتَرِي tatawātarī	تَتَوَاتَرْ tatawātar			تَتَوَاتَرَا tatawātarā			تَتَوَاتَرْنَ tatawātarna	يَتَوَاتَرْنَ yatawātarna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		تَوَاتَرْ tawātar			تَوَاتَرَا tawātarā				تَوَاتَرُوا tawātarū
	f		تَوَاتَرِي tawātarī							تَوَاتَرْنَ tawātarna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	—	—	تُوُوتِرَ tuwūtira		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	—	—	يُتَوَاتَرُ yutawātaru		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	—	—	يُتَوَاتَرَ yutawātara		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	—	—	يُتَوَاتَرْ yutawātar		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—

Etymology 2

Verbal noun of تَوَاتَرَ (tawātara).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.waː.tur/

Noun

تَوَاتُر • (tawātur) m

1. verbal noun of تَوَاتَرَ (tawātara) (form VI)
2. (Islam) narration in succession (without interruption)
3. (Islam) consensus of various reporters of a tradition

Declension

Declension of noun تَوَاتُر (tawātur)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تَوَاتُر tawātur	التَّوَاتُر at-tawātur	تَوَاتُر tawātur
Nominative	تَوَاتُرٌ tawāturun	التَّوَاتُرُ at-tawāturu	تَوَاتُرُ tawāturu
Accusative	تَوَاتُرًا tawāturan	التَّوَاتُرَ at-tawātura	تَوَاتُرَ tawātura
Genitive	تَوَاتُرٍ tawāturin	التَّوَاتُرِ at-tawāturi	تَوَاتُرِ tawāturi

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: təvatür
• → Persian: تواتر
  • → Urdu: تَواتُر (tavātur)
• → Ottoman Turkish: تواتر (tevâtür)
  • Turkish: tevatür
  • → Romanian: tevatură

Etymology 3

Verb

تواتر (form III)

1. تُوَاتِرُ (tuwātiru) /tu.waː.ti.ru/: inflection of وَاتَرَ (wātara):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past active indicative
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past active indicative
2. تُوَاتَرُ (tuwātaru) /tu.waː.ta.ru/: inflection of وَاتَرَ (wātara):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive indicative
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive indicative
3. تُوَاتِرَ (tuwātira) /tu.waː.ti.ra/: inflection of وَاتَرَ (wātara):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past active subjunctive
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past active subjunctive
4. تُوَاتَرَ (tuwātara) /tu.waː.ta.ra/: inflection of وَاتَرَ (wātara):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive subjunctive
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive subjunctive
5. تُوَاتِرْ (tuwātir) /tu.waː.tir/: inflection of وَاتَرَ (wātara):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past active jussive
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past active jussive
6. تُوَاتَرْ (tuwātar) /tu.waː.tar/: inflection of وَاتَرَ (wātara):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive jussive
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive jussive

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَوَاتُر (tawātur, “narration in succession”).

Noun

تواتر • (tevâtür) (definite accusative تواتری (tevâtürü), plural تواترات (tevâtürât))

1. rumor, hearsay, gossip, talk, information that was heard by one person about another that cannot be adequately substantiated

   Synonym: شائعه (şaʼyiʼa)

2. (Islam) tawatur, the highest level of credibility of a hadith, which is supported by consensus and various confirmatory channels

Derived terms

• بورسه تواتراتی (borsa tevâtürâtı, “stock exchange rumors”)
• تواتر ایتمك (tevâtür etmek, “to be talked in public”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: tevatür
• → Romanian: tevatură

Further reading

• Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1881) “تواتر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume I, Paris: E. Leroux, page 494
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “tevatür”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4782
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “tevâtür”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1602
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “تواتر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 409
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Consectatio”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 250
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “تواتر”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 1444
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tevatür”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “تواتر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 603