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وَرْد
rose (also used collectively for roses/flowers) /ˈward/
nounB1#2756 most common
Also: roses (collective), blossom
Example sentences
الوَرْدُ جميلٌ.
The roses are beautiful.
أُحِبُّ رائحةَ الوَرْدِ.
I love the smell of roses.
اشتريتُ باقةَ وَرْدٍ لأُمّي.
I bought a bouquet of roses for my mother.
يُزرَعُ الوَرْدُ في هذه الحديقةِ منذ سنواتٍ طويلةٍ.
Roses have been grown in this garden for many years.
تفوحُ رائحةُ الوَرْدِ في الهواءِ كلّما هبّت نسمةٌ خفيفةٌ.
The scent of roses drifts through the air whenever a light breeze blows.
يُعَدُّ الوَرْدُ الدمشقيُّ رمزًا للجمالِ منذ القِدَم، وتُستخرَجُ منه أجودُ أنواعِ ماءِ الوَرْدِ.
The Damask rose has long been a symbol of beauty, and the finest rosewater is extracted from it.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | وَرْدٌ | وُرُودٌ |
| Genitive | وَرْدٍ | وُرُودٍ |
| Accusative | وَرْدًا | وُرُودًا |
| Vocative | يا وَرْدُ | يا وُرُودُ |
Word family
وَرْدَة (warda)a single rose
وَرْدِيّ (wardiyy)rosy, pink
وَرَدَ (warada)to arrive, to come (to a water source)
مَوْرِد (mawrid)source, resource, supplier
وارِد (wārid)incoming (item, revenue, etc.)
Etymology
Ward comes from the Semitic triliteral root w-r-d. Arabic dictionaries list it under the same root as warada, meaning to arrive or to come to a water source, though the link between the flower sense and the arrival sense is debated among linguists. Some scholars trace the English word rose back through Latin rosa and Greek rhodon to an Old Persian form wrda, which may itself derive from this Semitic word for rose. The exact direction of borrowing between Semitic and Iranian languages remains uncertain.
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