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طَوْر
stage /ˈtˤawr/
nounB1#2092 most common
Also: phase, period, state or manner
Example sentences
هٰذَا طَوْرٌ جَدِيدٌ فِي حَيَاتِي.
This is a new stage in my life.
نَحْنُ الآنَ فِي طَوْرِ التَّجْرِبَةِ.
We are now in the testing phase.
يَمُرُّ العِلْمُ بِأَطْوَارٍ مُخْتَلِفَةٍ.
Science passes through different stages.
دَخَلَ المَرَضُ طَوْرَهُ الأَخِيرَ.
The disease entered its final stage.
قَالَ القُرْآنُ إِنَّ اللهَ خَلَقَ الإِنْسَانَ أَطْوَارًا.
The Quran says that God created man in stages.
تَجَاوَزَ فِي غَضَبِهِ طَوْرَهُ حَتَّى لَمْ يَعُدْ يَعْرِفُ نَفْسَهُ.
In his anger he passed his proper bounds until he no longer knew himself.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | طَوْرٌ | أَطْوَارٌ |
| Genitive | طَوْرٍ | أَطْوَارٍ |
| Accusative | طَوْرًا | أَطْوَارًا |
| Vocative | يَا طَوْرُ | يَا أَطْوَارُ |
Word family
تَطَوَّرَto develop, to evolve
طَوَّرَto develop something, to improve it
تَطْوِيرdevelopment, improvementمُتَطَوِّرdeveloped, advanced
Etymology
طَوْر derives from the Semitic root ط-و-ر, which carries the ideas of turning, rising, and passing from one condition to another. From this root Arabic builds verbs of developing and evolving, such as تَطَوَّرَ. The same root gives طُور, meaning mountain, as in طُور سِينَاء, Mount Sinai.
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