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طَيَران
flight /tˤajaˈraːn/
nounB1#1487 most common
Also: flying, aviation
Example sentences
أُحِبُّ الطَّيَرانَ.
I love flying.
شَرِكَةُ الطَّيَرانِ مَشهورَةٌ.
The airline is famous.
الطَّيَرانُ مِنَ الرِّياضِ إِلى جُدَّةَ قَصيرٌ.
The flight from Riyadh to Jeddah is short.
يَخافُ كَثيرٌ مِنَ النّاسِ مِنَ الطَّيَرانِ.
Many people are afraid of flying.
شَهِدَ الطَّيَرانُ المَدَنِيُّ تَطَوُّرًا كَبيرًا فِي العَقدَينِ الأَخيرَينِ.
Civil aviation saw great development in the last two decades.
يَتَطَلَّبُ الطَّيَرانُ الشِّراعِيُّ مَهارَةً فائِقَةً وَأَعصابًا هادِئَةً لِمُواجَهَةِ تَيّاراتِ الهَواءِ المُفاجِئَةِ.
Gliding requires exceptional skill and calm nerves to handle sudden air currents.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | طَيَرانٌ | None |
| Genitive | طَيَرانٍ | None |
| Accusative | طَيَرانًا | None |
| Vocative | يا طَيَرانُ | None |
Word family
Etymology
طَيَران is the verbal noun of the verb طارَ, meaning to fly. It comes from the Semitic root ط-ي-ر, which carries the sense of flight and also yields طائِر, a bird, and مَطار, an airport. In modern Arabic the word covers both the act of flying and aviation as an industry.
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