તસવીર

Gujarati

Alternative forms

• તસ્વીર (tasvīr)
• તસબીર (tasbīr)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic صَوَّرَ (ṣawwara)

Arabic تَصْوِير (taṣwīr)bor.

Classical Persian تَصْوِیر (taswīr)bor.

Gujarati તસવીર (tasvīr)

Borrowed from Classical Persian تَصْوِیر (taswīr), from Arabic تَصْوِير (taṣwīr).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪əs.ʋiɾ/
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Hyphenation: તસ‧વીર

Noun

તસવીર • (tasvīr) f

1. portrait
2. image, picture, photograph

Synonyms

• છબી (chabī), ચિત્ર (citra), ફોટો (phoṭo)

Further reading

• Cauzim, Mirza Mohomed (1846) A Dictionary, Goojratee and English‎^[1], Bombay: Oriental Institute, page 165, column 2

• “તસવીર”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.