سور

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

wall that encloses and protects a building

Verb

to enclose with a wall or fences

Sinonieme

جدار

حائط

سياج

حف

طوق

جدر

سُور

Vertalings

recinzione

φραγμός

wall

recinto

duvar

Mauer

fence

Umzäunung

Zaun -s

encircle

bracelet

enclose

enclosure

Wand

Etimologie (Engels)

Argued to be a loan from Aramaic שׂוּרָא / ܫܘܪܐ (šūrā), but other cognates such as Sabaean 𐩣𐩬𐩪𐩥𐩧𐩩 (mns¹wrt, “walls”) and Tigre ሶር (sor, “partition wall”) (unless that form is itself borrowed from Arabic) suggest that it may in fact be inherited.