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زائِر
visitor /ˈzaː.ʔir/
nounB1#2705 most common
Also: guest, caller
Example sentences
هذا زائِرٌ جديد.
This is a new visitor.
الزائِرُ يشرب الشاي الآن.
The visitor is drinking tea now.
استقبلت العائلة الزائِرَ بحفاوة كبيرة.
The family welcomed the visitor warmly.
يجب على كل زائِرٍ أن يسجّل اسمه عند البوابة.
Every visitor must register his name at the gate.
تحدّث أمين المتحف إلى زائِرٍ أجنبي عن تاريخ القطع الأثرية.
The museum curator spoke with a foreign visitor about the history of the artifacts.
لم يكن الزائِرُ الغامض الذي طرق الباب في منتصف الليل سوى صديق قديم فقدنا أثره منذ سنوات.
The mysterious visitor who knocked on the door at midnight turned out to be none other than an old friend we had lost track of for years.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | زائِرٌ | زُوّارٌ |
| Genitive | زائِرٍ | زُوّارٍ |
| Accusative | زائِراً | زُوّاراً |
| Vocative | يا زائِرُ | يا زُوّارُ |
Word family
زارhe visited
زِيارةa visit
مَزارshrine, place of visitation
زائِرةfemale visitor
زُوّارvisitors (plural)
Etymology
زائِر is the active participle of the verb زَارَ (zāra), 'he visited', built on the triliteral root ز-و-ر. The root's core sense is 'to turn toward or incline', which extended naturally to 'paying a visit'. The same root, curiously, also gave زُور (zūr, 'falsehood'), on the idea of a statement that 'turns aside' from the truth.
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