Arabic

Noun

مُصَوِّر • ‎(muṣawwir) m ‎(plural مُصَوِّرُون ‎(muṣawwirūn))

1. photographer
2. cameraman
3. creator, shaper
4. illustrator
5. painter

Declension

References

• “تصور” in John Mace (2007), Arabic Verbs, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., ISBN 0-7818-1229-1
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “صور”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4

Etymology 2

Derived from the passive participle of صَوَّرَ ‎(ṣawwara, “to photograph, to depict”), from the root ص و ر ‎(ṣ-w-r).

Noun

مُصَوَّر • ‎(muṣawwar) ‎(feminine مُصَوَّرَة ‎(muṣawwara), masculine plural مُصَوَّرُون ‎(muṣawwarūn))

1. illustrated

Declension

References

• “تصور” in John Mace (2007), Arabic Verbs, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., ISBN 0-7818-1229-1
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “صور”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4

Etymology 3

Noun of place in the form of the derived from the passive participle of صَوَّرَ ‎(ṣawwara, “to photograph, to depict”), from the root ص و ر ‎(ṣ-w-r).

Noun

مُصَوَّر • ‎(muṣawwar) m ‎(plural مُصَوَّرَات ‎(muṣawwarāt))

1. photography studio

Declension

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “صور”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4