طيفور
Arabic
Alternative forms
- (tray): طَيْفُورِيَّة (ṭayfūriyya); in Saudi-Arabia currently طُوفِرِيَّة (ṭūfiriyya)
Etymology
From the root ط ف ر (ṭ f r) related to jumping, for the bird. The origin of the name for the tray is hitherto unexplained. It may be accounted that the ship-name طَيْفُورِيَّة (ṭayfūriyya) is derived from the bird-name as ships are commonly likened to birds and then from the ship-name comes the tray-name طَيْفُورِيَّة (ṭayfūriyya) because the equating of ships with bowls was ubiquitous in the Middle Ages, and after that the form طَيْفُور (ṭayfūr) in the sense of a tray was back-formed from طَيْفُورِيَّة (ṭayfūriyya) by force of its tediousness in familiar life. However it also matches with Persian تفور (tafur, “clay; earthenware”), Old Armenian թափուր (tʻapʻur, “wooden tray”), the same way that Arabic تَيْغَار (tayḡār, “a large pot”) corresponds via Aramaic to Persian تغار (taġâr, “tub, through”).
Pronunciation
Noun
طَيْفُور • (ṭayfūr) m (plural طَيَافِير (ṭayāfīr) or طَوَافِير (ṭawāfīr))
- (obsolete) a small jumping bird
- (archaic, except in Morocco and Saudi-Arabia) a large round plate or tray, such as used as a table for preparing harissa or eating on the ground
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | طَيْفُور ṭayfūr |
الطَّيْفُور aṭ-ṭayfūr |
طَيْفُور ṭayfūr |
| nominative | طَيْفُورٌ ṭayfūrun |
الطَّيْفُورُ aṭ-ṭayfūru |
طَيْفُورُ ṭayfūru |
| accusative | طَيْفُورًا ṭayfūran |
الطَّيْفُورَ aṭ-ṭayfūra |
طَيْفُورَ ṭayfūra |
| genitive | طَيْفُورٍ ṭayfūrin |
الطَّيْفُورِ aṭ-ṭayfūri |
طَيْفُورِ ṭayfūri |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | طَيْفُورَيْن ṭayfūrayn |
الطَّيْفُورَيْن aṭ-ṭayfūrayn |
طَيْفُورَيْ ṭayfūray |
| nominative | طَيْفُورَانِ ṭayfūrāni |
الطَّيْفُورَانِ aṭ-ṭayfūrāni |
طَيْفُورَا ṭayfūrā |
| accusative | طَيْفُورَيْنِ ṭayfūrayni |
الطَّيْفُورَيْنِ aṭ-ṭayfūrayni |
طَيْفُورَيْ ṭayfūray |
| genitive | طَيْفُورَيْنِ ṭayfūrayni |
الطَّيْفُورَيْنِ aṭ-ṭayfūrayni |
طَيْفُورَيْ ṭayfūray |
| plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | طَيَافِير; طَوَافِير ṭayāfīr; ṭawāfīr |
الطَّيَافِير; الطَّوَافِير aṭ-ṭayāfīr; aṭ-ṭawāfīr |
طَيَافِير; طَوَافِير ṭayāfīr; ṭawāfīr |
| nominative | طَيَافِيرُ; طَوَافِيرُ ṭayāfīru; ṭawāfīru |
الطَّيَافِيرُ; الطَّوَافِيرُ aṭ-ṭayāfīru; aṭ-ṭawāfīru |
طَيَافِيرُ; طَوَافِيرُ ṭayāfīru; ṭawāfīru |
| accusative | طَيَافِيرَ; طَوَافِيرَ ṭayāfīra; ṭawāfīra |
الطَّيَافِيرَ; الطَّوَافِيرَ aṭ-ṭayāfīra; aṭ-ṭawāfīra |
طَيَافِيرَ; طَوَافِيرَ ṭayāfīra; ṭawāfīra |
| genitive | طَيَافِيرَ; طَوَافِيرَ ṭayāfīra; ṭawāfīra |
الطَّيَافِيرِ; الطَّوَافِيرِ aṭ-ṭayāfīri; aṭ-ṭawāfīri |
طَيَافِيرِ; طَوَافِيرِ ṭayāfīri; ṭawāfīri |
Descendants
- → Spanish: ataifor
References
- Behnstedt, Peter, Woidich, Manfred (2012) Wortatlas der arabischen Dialekte – Band II: Materielle Kultur (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 100/II) (in German), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, , →ISBN, page 142b
- Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “طيفور”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[1] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 48
- Heath, Jeffrey (2013) Jewish and Muslim Dialects of Moroccan Arabic, London: Routledge, →ISBN, pages 111 and 303