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سِيرَة

biography /ˈsiː.ra/

nounB2#3750 most common

Also: life story, conduct, reputation

Example sentences

قرأتُ سيرة كاتب مشهور.
I read the biography of a famous writer.
سيرتها الذاتية طويلة جدًا.
Her CV is very long.
كتبت سيرة حياتها في هذا الكتاب.
She wrote her life story in this book.
تُدرَّس السيرة النبوية في المدارس الإسلامية.
The Prophet's biography is taught in Islamic schools.
سِيَرُ العظماء تُلهم الأجيال القادمة.
The biographies of great people inspire future generations.
يتناول المؤرخ في كتابه سِيَر عدد من الملوك الذين شكّلوا مصير المنطقة.
In his book, the historian covers the biographies of several kings who shaped the fate of the region.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeسِيرَةٌسِيَرٌ
Genitiveسِيرَةٍسِيَرٍ
Accusativeسِيرَةًسِيَرًا
Vocativeيَا سِيرَةُيَا سِيَرُ

Word family

سارto walk, travel, proceed
مسيرةmarch, procession, or career trajectory
سيّارةcar
مسارpath, course, trajectory
تسييرthe running or management of an operation

Etymology

سِيرَة comes from the Semitic root س-ي-ر (s-y-r), whose verb سار means to travel, walk, or proceed. The noun pattern turns that idea of movement into an abstract noun: a manner of proceeding through life. Over time this settled into the meaning of conduct, and then into the modern sense of a written account of a life.

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