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

Arabic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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ثَوْر (ṯawrm (plural ثِيرَان (ṯīrān), feminine ثَوْرَة (ṯawra) or بَقَرَة (baqara))

  1. bull, steer, ox
  2. (definite) Taurus (astronomy)
Declension
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Descendants
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  • 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

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Root
ث و ر (ṯ w r)
8 terms

Noun

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ثَوْر (ṯawrm

  1. verbal noun of ثَارَ (ṯāra) (form I)
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Hijazi Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic ثَوْر (ṯawr).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ثور (tōrm (plural ثيران (tīrān))

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

Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic ثَوْر (ṯawr).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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Dari ثور
Iranian Persian
Tajik савр

ثور (sowr)

  1. bull

Proper noun

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Dari ثور
Iranian Persian
Tajik Савр

ثور (sowr)

  1. (astronomy) Taurus

Further reading

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