صورة

Meaning

1. form, shape, figure
2. image, picture, photograph
3. copy
4. appearance
5. (attributive) attribute
6. manner
7. character
8. face

Concepts

picture

image

design

illustration

map

drawing

photo

photograph

figure

pattern

diagram

plan

scheme

snapshot

painting

🖼️

portraiture

symbol

symbolization

view

way

Bristol board

clip art

graphic file

depiction

diorama

effigy

form

graphics

ikon

mechanical drawing

method

model

paint

pic

representation

schedule

sketch

slide

Synonyms

صورة فوتوغرافية

رسم توضيحي

رسم

خريطة

شكل

صورة شخصية

صورة شمسية

رسم فني

غرار

كيفية

أسلوب

نول

Translations

image

illustration

afbeelding

disegno

Abbildung

figure

imagen

Zeichnung

reproduction

figura

Bild

desenho

ilustração

imagem

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sˤuː.ra/

Etymology

While it would be possible to comprehend it from يَصُورُ (yaṣūru, “to make bent towards a shape”), in the same fashion as سُنّة (sunna, “image, figure, form, external appearance”) is from سَنَّ (sanna, “to mold; to establish”), this would require it to be already Central Semitic in view of Hebrew צוּרָה (ṣūrā́, “form, shape”) and Aramaic צוּרְתָא / ܨܘܪܬܐ (ṣūrtā), and the likelihoods are good that we have a borrowing – in Arabic via the latter – from Akkadian 𒄑𒄯 (iṣurtu, “drawing, plan”).