عصفور

العربية

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عصفور

/ʕusˤ.fuːr/

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From Proto-Semitic *ṣapir- (“small bird”), from Proto-Afroasiatic *c̣ipar- (“small bird; guinea fowl”); variant form of صَافِر (ṣāfir, “small bird”), the عُـ (ʕu-) perhaps derives from a conflation with another closely related root Proto-Semitic *ʕVṣṣūr- (“bird”). Compare Hebrew ציפור (ṣippōr), Aramaic צִפְּרָא (ṣippərā), Ugaritic 𐎕𐎔𐎗 (ṣpr), and Akkadian 𒄷 (iṣṣūrum).

noun عُصْفُور · ʕuṣfūr · عَصَافِير · الْعُصْفُور

any small bird
sparrow

In English

bird animal
sparrow bird of the family Passeridae
house sparrow Passer domesticus

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عصفور. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B9%D8%B5%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {عصفور},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B9%D8%B5%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}