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سِوار
bracelet /siˈwaːr/
nounB2#4151 most common
Also: bangle, armlet
Example sentences
هَذَا سِوَارٌ جَمِيلٌ.
This is a beautiful bracelet.
اِشْتَرَتْ سَارَة سِوَارًا مِنَ الذَّهَبِ.
Sara bought a gold bracelet.
تَلْبَسُ أُخْتِي سِوَارًا فِي يَدِهَا كُلَّ يَوْمٍ.
My sister wears a bracelet on her wrist every day.
أَهْدَانِي جَدِّي سِوَارًا فِضِّيًّا فِي عِيدِ مِيلَادِي.
My grandfather gave me a silver bracelet for my birthday.
كَانَتِ الأَسَاوِرُ الذَّهَبِيَّةُ رَمْزًا لِلثَّرَاءِ فِي كَثِيرٍ مِنَ الحَضَارَاتِ القَدِيمَةِ.
Gold bracelets were a symbol of wealth in many ancient civilizations.
فِي بَعْضِ القَبَائِلِ، كَانَ السِّوَارُ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ حِلْيَةٍ: كَانَ عَلَامَةً عَلَى مَكَانَةِ مَنْ يَرْتَدِيهِ.
In some tribes, the bracelet was more than an ornament: it marked the wearer's status.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | سِوارٌ | أَسَاوِرُ |
| Genitive | سِوارٍ | أَسَاوِرَ |
| Accusative | سِوارًا | أَسَاوِرَ |
| Vocative | يا سِوارُ | يا أَسَاوِرُ |
Word family
سُورwall, rampart
سَوَّرَto wall in, enclose
مُسَوَّرwalled, enclosed
أَسَاوِرbracelets (plural of سِوار)
Etymology
Sawār comes from the Arabic root s-w-r, which carries the sense of encircling or surrounding. The same root gives sūr, the word for a city wall or rampart. A bracelet takes its name from this idea: a band that closes around the wrist the way a wall closes around a city.
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