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إِطار
frame /ʔiˈtˤaːr/
nounB1#2111 most common
Also: tire (of a wheel), framework, context
Example sentences
هٰذَا إِطارٌ جَميل.
This is a beautiful frame.
وَضَعْتُ الصّورَةَ في إِطارٍ خَشَبِيّ.
I put the picture in a wooden frame.
انْفَجَرَ إِطارُ السَّيّارَةِ على الطَّريقِ السَّريع.
The car's tire blew out on the highway.
نُناقِشُ هٰذِهِ الْقَضِيَّةَ في إِطارِ الْقانونِ الدَّوْلِيّ.
We are discussing this issue within the framework of international law.
جاءَ قَرارُهُ في إِطارِ سِياسَةٍ أَوْسَعَ لِإِصْلاحِ الِاقْتِصاد.
His decision came within the framework of a broader policy to reform the economy.
لا يُمْكِنُ فَهْمُ النَّصِّ إِلّا إِذا وُضِعَ في إِطارِهِ التّاريخِيِّ وَالثَّقافِيِّ الْكامِل.
The text cannot be understood unless it is placed in its full historical and cultural context.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | إِطارٌ | إِطاراتٌ |
| Genitive | إِطارٍ | إِطاراتٍ |
| Accusative | إِطاراً | إِطاراتٍ |
| Vocative | يا إِطارُ | يا إِطاراتُ |
Word family
أَطَرَto bend, to frame
تَأْطيرframing
مُؤَطَّرframed
أُطُرframes (plural)
Etymology
The word derives from the Arabic triliteral root أ ط ر, meaning to bend, curve, or surround something. The verb أَطَرَ describes bending an object into a ring or border. From this sense of enclosing an edge came the noun for a frame, and later the rubber ring of a wheel and the abstract idea of a framework.
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