رؤيا

See also: رؤیا‎ and رویا‎

Arabic

Etymology

From رَأَى‎ (raʾā, “to see”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ruʔ.jaː/

Noun

رُؤْيَا • (ruʾyā) f (dual رُؤْيَيَان‎ (ruʾyayān), plural رُؤًى‎ (ruʾan))

  1. verbal noun of رَأَى‎ (raʾā)
  2. (countable) something seen in sleep, a dream; a vision (especially when taken to be prophetic); a prevision
    Synonyms: حُلْم‎ (ḥulm), مَنام‎ (manām)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 12:43:
      ‏وَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ إِنِّي أَرَىٰ سَبْعَ بَقَرَاتٍ سِمَانٍ يَأْكُلُهُنَّ سَبْعٌ عِجَافٌ وَسَبْعَ سُنبُلَاتٍ خُضْرٍ وَأُخَرَ يَابِسَاتٍ ۖ يَا أَيُّهَا الْمَلَأُ أَفْتُونِي فِي رُؤْيَايَ إِن كُنتُمْ لِلرُّؤْيَا تَعْبُرُونَ‎
      wa-qāla l-maliku ʾinnī ʾarā sabʿa baqarātin simānin yaʾkulu-hunna sabʿun ʿijāfun wa-sabʿa sunbulātin ḵuḍrin wa-ʾuḵara yābisātin, yā ʾayyuhā l-malaʾu ʾaftū-nī fī ruʾyā-ya ʾin kuntum li-r-ruʾyā taʿburūna
      And the king said, "[In it] I saw seven fat cows being eaten by seven lean ones, and [also] seven green ears and seven dry ones. O Council! Counsel me about my vision if you can see through visions!"
  3. (Christianity) Revelation, Apocalypse

Declension

Descendants

  • → Azerbaijani: röya
  • → Ottoman Turkish: رؤیا‎
  • → Persian: رؤیا‎ (ro'yâ)
  • → Swahili: ruya
  • → Urdu: رؤیا‎ (ru'yā)
  • → Uzbek: roʻyo

See also

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