سيارة

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See also: سیاره and سیارہ

Arabic

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Root
س ي ر (s y r)
7 terms

Etymology

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Tool noun formed from the characteristic adjective of سَارَ (sāra, to move, to travel), as سَيَّار (sayyār, moving frequently) +‎ ـَة (-a). cognate to the Hebrew root סי"ר

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سَيَّارَة (sayyāraf (plural سَيَّارَات (sayyārāt))

  1. automobile, car, motorcar
  2. (collective) caravan, travellers
    Synonym: قَافِلَة (qāfila)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 12:19:
      وَجَاءَتْ سَيَّارَةٌ فَأَرْسَلُوا وَارِدَهُمْ فَأَدْلَى دَلْوَهُ قَالَ يَا بُشْرَى هَٰذَا غُلَامٌ وَأَسَرُّوهُ بِضَاعَةً وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ
      wa-jāʔat sayyāratun fa-ʔarsalū wāridahum fa-ʔadlā dalwahu qāla yā bušrā hāḏā ḡulāmun wa-ʔasarrūhu biḍāʕatan wa-l-lahu ʕalīmun bi-mā yaʕmalūna
      And there came some travellers, and they sent their water-boy who let down his bucket into the well. He cried out, “Oh, what a great find! Here is a boy!” And they took him secretly ˹to be sold˺ as merchandise, but Allah is All-Knowing of what they did.
  3. (dated, by ellipsis of كَوْكَب سَيَّار (kawkab sayyār)) planet

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Gulf Arabic

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Arabic سَيَّارَة (sayyāra).

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Noun

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سيارة (sayyāraf (construct state سيارة (sayyārat), plural سيايير (siyāyīr) or سيارات (sayyārāt))

  1. car, automobile, motorcar
    امس وديت السيارة القراج عشان يغيرون الزيت.
    I took the car to the mechanic yesterday to change the oil

Hijazi Arabic

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Root
س ي ر
2 terms

Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Arabic سَيَّارَة (sayyāra).

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سيّارة (sayyāraf (plural سيّارات (sayyārāt))

  1. car

South Levantine Arabic

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Root
س ي ر
3 terms
سيّارات عتيقة في كوباvintage cars in Cuba

Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Arabic سَيَّارَة (sayyāra).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /saj.jaː.ra/, [sajˈjɑː.rɑ]
  • Audio (Amman):(file)

Noun

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سيّارة (sayyāraf (plural سيّارات (sayyārāt))

  1. car, automobile