تفسير

See also: تفسیر

Arabic

Root
ف س ر (f s r)
5 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of فَسَّرَ (fassara) from the root ف س ر (f s r).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /taf.siːr/
Rhymes: -iːr

Noun

تَفْسِير • (tafsīr) m (plural تَفَاسِير (tafāsīr) or تَفْسِيرَات (tafsīrāt))

verbal noun of فَسَّرَ (fassara) (form II)
1. interpretation
2. explanation, commentary
3. exegesis
4. (Islam) tafsir (interpretation of the Quran)

Declension

Declension of noun **تَفْسِير** (tafsīr)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	تَفْسِير tafsīr	التَّفْسِير at-tafsīr	تَفْسِير tafsīr
nominative	تَفْسِيرٌ tafsīrun	التَّفْسِيرُ at-tafsīru	تَفْسِيرُ tafsīru
accusative	تَفْسِيرًا tafsīran	التَّفْسِيرَ at-tafsīra	تَفْسِيرَ tafsīra
genitive	تَفْسِيرٍ tafsīrin	التَّفْسِيرِ at-tafsīri	تَفْسِيرِ tafsīri
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	تَفْسِيرَيْن tafsīrayn	التَّفْسِيرَيْن at-tafsīrayn	تَفْسِيرَيْ tafsīray
nominative	تَفْسِيرَانِ tafsīrāni	التَّفْسِيرَانِ at-tafsīrāni	تَفْسِيرَا tafsīrā
accusative	تَفْسِيرَيْنِ tafsīrayni	التَّفْسِيرَيْنِ at-tafsīrayni	تَفْسِيرَيْ tafsīray
genitive	تَفْسِيرَيْنِ tafsīrayni	التَّفْسِيرَيْنِ at-tafsīrayni	تَفْسِيرَيْ tafsīray
plural	basic broken plural diptote‎; sound feminine plural
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	تَفَاسِير‎; تَفْسِيرَات tafāsīr‎; tafsīrāt	التَّفَاسِير‎; التَّفْسِيرَات at-tafāsīr‎; at-tafsīrāt	تَفَاسِير‎; تَفْسِيرَات tafāsīr‎; tafsīrāt
nominative	تَفَاسِيرُ‎; تَفْسِيرَاتٌ tafāsīru‎; tafsīrātun	التَّفَاسِيرُ‎; التَّفْسِيرَاتُ at-tafāsīru‎; at-tafsīrātu	تَفَاسِيرُ‎; تَفْسِيرَاتُ tafāsīru‎; tafsīrātu
accusative	تَفَاسِيرَ‎; تَفْسِيرَاتٍ tafāsīra‎; tafsīrātin	التَّفَاسِيرَ‎; التَّفْسِيرَاتِ at-tafāsīra‎; at-tafsīrāti	تَفَاسِيرَ‎; تَفْسِيرَاتِ tafāsīra‎; tafsīrāti
genitive	تَفَاسِيرَ‎; تَفْسِيرَاتٍ tafāsīra‎; tafsīrātin	التَّفَاسِيرِ‎; التَّفْسِيرَاتِ at-tafāsīri‎; at-tafsīrāti	تَفَاسِيرِ‎; تَفْسِيرَاتِ tafāsīri‎; tafsīrāti

Descendants

→ Albanian: tefsir
→ Azerbaijani: təfsir
→ Bengali: তফসীর (tophośir)
→ Dhivehi: ތަފްސީރު (tafsīru)
→ Hausa: tafsiri
→ Japanese: タフスィール
→ Kurdish: tefsîr
→ Kazakh: тәпсір (täpsır)
→ Kyrgyz: тапсир (tapsir)
→ Malay: tafsir
- → Indonesian: tafsir
→ Ottoman Turkish: تفسیر
- → Turkish: tefsir
- → Crimean Tatar: tefsir
- → Georgian: თაფსირი (tapsiri)
- → Serbo-Croatian: tefsir
→ Persian: تفسیر (tafsir)
- Tajik: тафсир (tafsir)
- → Hindi: तफ़सीर (tafsīr)
- → Urdu: تفسیر (tafsīr)
→ Rohingya: tofsír
→ Swahili: tafsiri
→ Tatar: тәфсир (täfsir)
→ Uyghur: تەپسىر (tepsir), تەفسىر (tefsir)
→ Uzbek: tafsir

References

Wehr, Hans (1979) “فسر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN