تصور

Arabic

Etymology 1

Mediopassive of صَوَّرَ‎ (ṣawwara, “to form, depict, to photograph”), from the root ص و ر‎ (ṣ-w-r).

Verb

تَصَوَّرَ • (taṣawwara) V, non-past يَتَصَوَّرُ‎‎ (yataṣawwaru)

  1. to be or become formed, fashioned, figured, shaped, sculptured, pictured, portrayed, photographed
  2. to imagine, to conceive (something)
    Synonym: تَخَيَّلَ‎ (taḵayyala)
  3. (ditransitive) to think (something, someone) to be (something, someone)
  4. to appear in one's mind as an image
  5. to seem (لِ‎ (li) someone)
  6. to fall (as a result of being struck)
  7. to photograph oneself
Conjugation
References

Noun

تَصَوُّر • (taṣawwur) m (plural تَصَوُّرَات‎ (taṣawwurāt))

  1. verbal noun of تَصَوَّرَ (taṣawwara) (form V)
  2. imagination
  3. idea, concept
  4. conception
Declension
Derived terms
  • قَابِل لِلتَّصَوُّر‎ (qābil li-t-taṣawwur, “imaginable”)
  • غَيْر قَابِل لِلتَّصَوُّر‎ (gayr qābil li-t-taṣawwur, “unimaginable”)
  • ضَعِيف اَلتَّصَوُّر‎ (ḍaʕīf at-taṣawwur, “unimaginative”)
Descendants
  • Azerbaijani: təsəvvür
  • Persian: تصور‎
  • Turkish: tasavvur
  • Uzbek: tasavvur
References
  • Mace, John (2007), “تصور”, in Arabic Verbs, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “صور”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Verb

تُصَوِّرُ • (tuṣawwiru) (form II)

  1. second-person masculine singular non-past active indicative of صَوَّرَ‎ (ṣawwara)
  2. third-person feminine singular non-past active indicative of صَوَّرَ‎ (ṣawwara)

Verb

تُصَوِّرَ • (tuṣawwira) (form II)

  1. second-person masculine singular non-past active subjunctive of صَوَّرَ‎ (ṣawwara)
  2. third-person feminine singular non-past active subjunctive of صَوَّرَ‎ (ṣawwara)

Verb

تُصَوِّرْ • (tuṣawwir) (form II)

  1. second-person masculine singular non-past active jussive of صَوَّرَ‎ (ṣawwara)
  2. third-person feminine singular non-past active jussive of صَوَّرَ‎ (ṣawwara)

Verb

تُصَوَّرُ • (tuṣawwaru) (form II)

  1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive indicative of صَوَّرَ‎ (ṣawwara)
  2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive indicative of صَوَّرَ‎ (ṣawwara)

Verb

تُصَوَّرَ • (tuṣawwara) (form II)

  1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive subjunctive of صَوَّرَ‎ (ṣawwara)
  2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive subjunctive of صَوَّرَ‎ (ṣawwara)

Verb

تُصَوَّرْ • (tuṣawwar) (form II)

  1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive jussive of صَوَّرَ‎ (ṣawwara)
  2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive jussive of صَوَّرَ‎ (ṣawwara)

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ص و ر‎
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic تَصَوَّرَ‎ (taṣawwara).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tsˤaw.war/

Verb

تصور • (tṣawwar) (form V, non-past يتصور‎ (yitṣawwar))

  1. (intransitive) to be or become pictured, portrayed, photographed
    ‏فهاد التصويرة كنت تصورت وآنا مريض مع ما كنتش متعود على داك البرد.‎‎
    f-hād et-taṣwīra kunt tṣawwart w-ʔāna mrīḍ mʕa ma kuntši mitʕawwad ʕla dāk el-bard
    In this photograph, I was photographed while I was sick because I wasn't used to the cold.
  2. (intransitive) to imagine, to conceive (something)
    Synonyms: تخيل‎ (tḵayyal), تخايل‎ (tḵāyal)
    ‏تصور باللي حنا غير بزاقل قدام الراسماليين الكبار فهاد البلاد.‎‎
    tṣawwar b-elli ḥna ḡīr bzāqil quddām er-rāsmāliyyīn le-kbār f-hād le-blād.
    Imagine that we are only pawns for the big capitalists in this country.
    ‏تصور راسك فبلاصته وعاد هدر.‎‎
    tṣawwar rāsek fe-blāṣtu w-ʕād hdar.
    Imagine yourself in his place then talk.
  3. (ditransitive) to think (something, someone) to be (something, someone)
    ‏تصورتك راجل.‎‎
    tṣawwartek rājil.
    I thought you were a man.
  4. (intransitive) to photograph oneself

Conjugation

    Conjugation of تصور
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m تصوّرت‎ (tṣawwart) تصوّرتي‎ (tṣawwarti) تصوّر (tṣawwar) تصوّرنا‎ (tṣawwarna) تصوّرتوا‎ (tṣawwartu) تصوّروا‎ (tṣawwru)
f تصوّرت‎ (tṣawwrāt)
non-past m نتصوّر‎ (nitṣawwar) تتصوّر‎ (titṣawwar) يتصوّر‎ (yitṣawwar) نتصوّروا‎ (nitṣawwru) تتصوّروا‎ (titṣawwru) يتصوّروا‎ (yitṣawwru)
f تتصوّري‎ (titṣawwri) تتصوّر‎ (titṣawwar)
imperative m تصوّر (tṣawwar) تصوّروا‎ (tṣawwru)
f تصوّري‎ (tṣawwri)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ص و ر‎

Etymology

From Arabic تصَوَّر‎.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tsˤaw.war/, [ɪtˈsˤɑw.wɑrˤ]
  • (file)

Verb

تصوّر • (tṣawwar) (form V, present بتصوّر‎ (bitṣawwar))

  1. passive of صوّر‎ (ṣawwar): to be photographed
  2. to photograph, to take a picture (of oneself)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of تصوّر (tṣawwar)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m تصوّرت (tṣawwart) تصوّرت (tṣawwart) تصوّر (tṣawwar) تصوّرنا (tṣawwarna) تصوّرتو (tṣawwartu) تصوّرو (tṣawwaru)
f تصوّرتي (tṣawwarti) تصوّرت (tṣawwarat)
present m بتصوّر (batṣawwar) بتتصوّر (btitṣawwar) بتصوّر (bitṣawwar) منتصوّر (mnitṣawwar) بتتصوّرو (btitṣawwaru) بتصوّرو (bitṣawwaru)
f بتتصوّري (btitṣawwari) بتتصوّر (btitṣawwar)
subjunctive m اتصوّر (atṣawwar) تتصوّر (titṣawwar) يتصوّر (yitṣawwar) نتصوّر (nitṣawwar) تتصوّرو (titṣawwaru) يتصوّرو (yitṣawwaru)
f تتصوّري (titṣawwari) تتصوّر (titṣawwar)
imperative m تصوّر (tṣawwar) تصوّرو (tṣawwaru)
f تصوّري (tṣawwari)

Urdu

Etymology

From Arabic تَصَوَّرَ‎ (taṣawwara).

Noun

تَصَوُّر • (tasavvur) ? (Hindi spelling तसव्वुर)

  1. imagination, contemplation, reflection, conception, fantasy
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