طائر

See also: طایر

Arabic

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of طَارَ (ṭāra, to fly), from the root ط ي ر (ṭ-y-r).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tˤaːʔir/
  • (file)

Noun

طَائِر (ṭāʾir) m (plural أَطْيَار (ʾaṭyār) or طُيُور (ṭuyūr) or طَيْر (ṭayr))

  1. bird
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 6:38:
    • وَمَا مِن دَابَّةٍ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا طَائِرٍ يَطِيرُ بِجَنَاحَيْهِ إِلَّا أُمَمٌ أَمْثَالُكُم ۚ مَّا فَرَّطْنَا فِي الْكِتَابِ مِن شَيْءٍ ۚ ثُمَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ يُحْشَرُونَ
      wa-mā min dābbatin fī l-ʾarḍi wa-lā ṭāʾirin yaṭīru bijanāḥayhi ʾillā ʾumamun ʾamṯālukum; mā farraṭnā fī l-kitābi min šayʾin, ṯumma ʾilā rabbihim yuḥšarūna
      And there is no creature on the earth or bird that flies with its wings except communities like you. We have not neglected in the Register a thing. Then unto their Lord they will be gathered.

Declension

Adjective

طَائِر (ṭāʾir) (feminine طَائِرَة (ṭāʾira), masculine plural طَائِرُون (ṭāʾirūn), feminine plural طَائِرَات (ṭāʾirāt))

  1. flying

Declension

Derived terms

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