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Arabic root

ط-ي-ر

Tah-Ya-Ra

3 words from this root family

About this root

Tah-Ya-Ra (ط-ي-ر) has 3 words in the Fahm dictionary: maṭār (airport), tāʾira (airplane), ṭayr (bird).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 29 times in 24 verses, across 19 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:260. The form طَيْر (bird) accounts for 19 of them.

Themes: Travel, Transportation, Nature Weather

Words from this root

WordMeaningTypeIn the QuranTaught in
مَطَار
maṭār
airportnoun, A2At the Airport
طائِرة
tāʾira
airplanenoun, A2At the Airport
طَيْر
ṭayr
birdnoun, B119×Flora & Fauna

“In the Quran” counts every occurrence of that dictionary form, in any of its senses.

In the Quran

وَمَا مِن دَآبَّةٍ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا طَـٰٓئِرٍ يَطِيرُ بِجَنَاحَيْهِ إِلَّآ أُمَمٌ أَمْثَالُكُم ۚ مَّا فَرَّطْنَا فِى ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ مِن شَىْءٍ ۚ ثُمَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ يُحْشَرُونَ

There is not an animal in the earth, nor a flying creature flying on two wings, but they are peoples like unto you. We have neglected nothing in the Book (of Our decrees). Then unto their Lord they will be gathered.

Quran 6:38
فَإِذَا جَآءَتْهُمُ ٱلْحَسَنَةُ قَالُوا۟ لَنَا هَـٰذِهِۦ ۖ وَإِن تُصِبْهُمْ سَيِّئَةٌ يَطَّيَّرُوا۟ بِمُوسَىٰ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥٓ ۗ أَلَآ إِنَّمَا طَـٰٓئِرُهُمْ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

But whenever good befell them, they said: This is ours; and whenever evil smote them they ascribed it to the evil auspices of Moses and those with him. Surely their evil auspice was only with Allah. But most of them knew not.

Quran 7:131
وَدَخَلَ مَعَهُ ٱلسِّجْنَ فَتَيَانِ ۖ قَالَ أَحَدُهُمَآ إِنِّىٓ أَرَىٰنِىٓ أَعْصِرُ خَمْرًا ۖ وَقَالَ ٱلْـَٔاخَرُ إِنِّىٓ أَرَىٰنِىٓ أَحْمِلُ فَوْقَ رَأْسِى خُبْزًا تَأْكُلُ ٱلطَّيْرُ مِنْهُ ۖ نَبِّئْنَا بِتَأْوِيلِهِۦٓ ۖ إِنَّا نَرَىٰكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

And two young men went to prison with him. One of them said: I dreamed that I was pressing wine. The other said: I dreamed that I was carrying upon my head bread whereof the birds were eating. Announce unto us the interpretation, for we see thee of those good (at interpretation).

Quran 12:36

Arabic text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani 1.1), CC BY 3.0, tanzil.net. English: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), public domain, via Project Gutenberg. Counts and verse choice: Quranic Arabic Corpus morphology data (corpus.quran.com).

Word cards with examples

A2noun
طائِرة
tāʾira

airplane

Example
الطائِرة تُقْلِع في الساعة الثالِثة.
at-tāʾira tuqliʿ fī as-sāʿa ath-thālitha.
The airplane takes off at three o'clock.
B1noun
طَيْر
ṭayr

bird

Example
الطُّيورُ تُغَرِّدُ في الصَّباح.
aṭ-ṭuyūru tugharridu fī ṣ-ṣabāḥ.
The birds sing in the morning.

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