صورة

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صورة^¹

/sˤuː.ra/

Where it comes from

While it would be possible to comprehend it from يَصُورُ (yaṣūru, “to make bent towards a shape”), in the same fashion as سُنّة (sunna, “image, figure, form, external appearance”) is from سَنَّ (sanna, “to mold; to establish”), this would require it to be already Central Semitic in view of Hebrew צוּרָה (ṣūrā́, “form, shape”) and Aramaic צוּרְתָא / ܨܘܪܬܐ (ṣūrtā), and the likelihoods are good that we have a borrowing – in Arabic via the latter – from Akkadian 𒄑𒄯 (iṣurtu, “drawing, plan”).

noun صُورَة · ṣūra · صُوَر · صُور · صِوَر

form, shape, figure
image, picture, photograph
Similar: تَصْوِيرَة
copy
Similar: نُسْخَة
appearance
attributive attribute
manner
character
face

صورة^²

noun صَوْرَة · ṣawra · الصَّوْرَة · صَوْرَةٌ

obsolete an inclination or desire
obsolete an itching on the head

صورة^³

noun صَوْرَة · ṣawra · صِيرَان · الصَّوْرَة

alternative, obsolete alternative form of صَوْر (ṣawr, “small palm-trees”)

In English

picture representation of visible reality produced by drawing, etc
shape appearance or outline
image graphical representation
photograph picture
form shape or visible structure
painting an illustration or artwork using paint
painter artist
portrait painting of a person

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {صورة},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A9},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}