ثور

See also: توژ, پور, پوز, بوز, بور, and تور

Arabic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /θawr/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *ṯawr-. Cognate with Biblical Hebrew שׁוֹר (šôr).

Noun

ثَوْر • (ṯawr) m (plural ثِيرَان (ṯīrān), feminine ثَوْرَة (ṯawra) or بَقَرَة (baqara))

  1. bull, steer, ox
  2. (definite) Taurus (astronomy)
Declension
Declension of noun ثَوْر (ṯawr)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal ثَوْر
ṯawr		 الثَّوْر
aṯ-ṯawr		 ثَوْر
ṯawr
Nominative ثَوْرٌ
ṯawrun		 الثَّوْرُ
aṯ-ṯawru		 ثَوْرُ
ṯawru
Accusative ثَوْرًا
ṯawran		 الثَّوْرَ
aṯ-ṯawra		 ثَوْرَ
ṯawra
Genitive ثَوْرٍ
ṯawrin		 الثَّوْرِ
aṯ-ṯawri		 ثَوْرِ
ṯawri
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal ثَوْرَيْن
ṯawrayn		 الثَّوْرَيْن
aṯ-ṯawrayn		 ثَوْرَيْ
ṯawray
Nominative ثَوْرَانِ
ṯawrāni		 الثَّوْرَانِ
aṯ-ṯawrāni		 ثَوْرَا
ṯawrā
Accusative ثَوْرَيْنِ
ṯawrayni		 الثَّوْرَيْنِ
aṯ-ṯawrayni		 ثَوْرَيْ
ṯawray
Genitive ثَوْرَيْنِ
ṯawrayni		 الثَّوْرَيْنِ
aṯ-ṯawrayni		 ثَوْرَيْ
ṯawray
Plural basic broken plural triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal ثِيرَان
ṯīrān		 الثِّيرَان
aṯ-ṯīrān		 ثِيرَان
ṯīrān
Nominative ثِيرَانٌ
ṯīrānun		 الثِّيرَانُ
aṯ-ṯīrānu		 ثِيرَانُ
ṯīrānu
Accusative ثِيرَانًا
ṯīrānan		 الثِّيرَانَ
aṯ-ṯīrāna		 ثِيرَانَ
ṯīrāna
Genitive ثِيرَانٍ
ṯīrānin		 الثِّيرَانِ
aṯ-ṯīrāni		 ثِيرَانِ
ṯīrāni
Descendants
  • Egyptian Arabic: تور (tōr)
  • Gulf Arabic: ثور (ṯōr)
  • Hijazi Arabic: ثور (tōr, ṯōr)
  • South Levantine Arabic: تور (tōr)
  • Moroccan Arabic: تور (tūr, tawr)
  • → Azerbaijani: sövr, Sövr
  • → Chagatai: ثور
  • → Persian: ثور (sowr)

Etymology 2
Root
ث و ر (ṯ-w-r)

Noun

ثَوْر • (ṯawr) m

  1. verbal noun of ثَارَ (ṯāra) (form I)
Declension
Declension of noun ثَوْر (ṯawr)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal ثَوْر
ṯawr		 الثَّوْر
aṯ-ṯawr		 ثَوْر
ṯawr
Nominative ثَوْرٌ
ṯawrun		 الثَّوْرُ
aṯ-ṯawru		 ثَوْرُ
ṯawru
Accusative ثَوْرًا
ṯawran		 الثَّوْرَ
aṯ-ṯawra		 ثَوْرَ
ṯawra
Genitive ثَوْرٍ
ṯawrin		 الثَّوْرِ
aṯ-ṯawri		 ثَوْرِ
ṯawri
Derived terms

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic ثَوْر (ṯawr).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /toːr/, /θoːr/

Noun

ثور • (tōr) m (plural ثيران (tīrān))

  1. bull, steer, ox
  2. Taurus (astronomy)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ثَوْر (ṯawr).

Pronunciation
 

Readings
Classical reading? sawr
Dari reading? sawr
Iranian reading? sowr
Tajik reading? savr

Noun
Dari ثور
Iranian Persian
Tajik савр

ثور • (sowr)

  1. bull

Proper noun
Dari ثور
Iranian Persian
Tajik Савр

ثور • (sowr)

  1. (astronomy) Taurus

Further reading
  • Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “ثور”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
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