# مصور
## Arabic
### Etymology 1

Derived from the active participle of صَوَّرَ (ṣawwara, “to photograph, to depict”).

#### Noun

مُصَوِّر • (muṣawwir) m (plural مُصَوِّرُون (muṣawwirūn), feminine مُصَوِّرَة (muṣawwira))
* photographer
* cameraman
* creator, shaper
* illustrator
* painter

##### References

* Mace, John (2007) “تصور”, in Arabic Verbs, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN
* Wehr, Hans (1979) “صور”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

#### Proper noun

المُصَوِّر • (al-muṣawwir) m
* (Islam) one of the beautiful Names of God, "the Shaper, the Fashioner"
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 59:24:هُوَ اللَّهُ الْخَالِقُ الْبَارِئُ الْمُصَوِّرُ لَهُ الْأَسْمَاءُ الْحُسْنَى يُسَبِّحُ لَهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُhuwa l-lahu l-ḵāliqu l-bāriʔu l-muṣawwiru lahu l-ʔasmāʔu l-ḥusnā yusabbiḥu lahu mā fī s-samāwāti wālʔarḍi wahuwa l-ʕazīzu l-ḥakīmuHe is Allah, the Creator, the Inventor, the Fashioner; to Him belong the best names. Whatever is in the heavens and earth is exalting Him. And He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

### Etymology 2

Derived from the passive participle of صَوَّرَ (ṣawwara, “to photograph, to depict”).

#### Noun

مُصَوَّر • (muṣawwar) (feminine مُصَوَّرَة (muṣawwara), masculine plural مُصَوَّرُونَ (muṣawwarūna), feminine plural مُصَوَّرَات (muṣawwarāt))
* illustrated

##### References

* Mace, John (2007) “تصور”, in Arabic Verbs, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN
* Wehr, Hans (1979) “صور”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

### Etymology 3

Derived from the passive participle of صَوَّرَ (ṣawwara, “to photograph, to depict”).

#### Noun

مُصَوَّر • (muṣawwar) (feminine مُصَوَّرَة (muṣawwara), masculine plural مُصَوَّرُونَ (muṣawwarūna), feminine plural مُصَوَّرَات (muṣawwarāt))
* illustrated

##### References

* Mace, John (2007) “تصور”, in Arabic Verbs, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN
* Wehr, Hans (1979) “صور”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

### Etymology 4

Noun of place of صَوَّرَ (ṣawwara, “to photograph, to depict”).

#### Noun

مُصَوَّر • (muṣawwar) m (plural مُصَوَّرَات (muṣawwarāt))
* photography studio

##### References

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

## Persian
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic مُصَوَّر (muṣawwar), from صَوَّرَ (ṣawwara).

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [mu.saw.waɾ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [mʊ.säw.wäɾ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [mʊ.säw.wäɾ]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [mʊ.säw.wäɾ]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [mu.säw.wäɾ]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [mo.sæv.væɹ]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [mu.säw.väɾ]

#### Adjective

مصور • (mosavvar)
* illustrated, pictorial
    کتاب مصور ― ketâb-e mosavvar ― picture book

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic مُصَوِّر (muṣawwir), from صَوَّرَ (ṣawwara).

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [mu.saw.wiɾ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [mʊ.säw.wɪɾ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [mʊ.säw.wɪɾ]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [mʊ.säw.wɪɾ]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [mu.säw.wiɾ]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [mo.sæv.veɹ]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [mu.säw.viɾ]

#### Proper noun

مصور • (mosavver)
* a male given name, Mosavver, Musawwir, Mosaver, Musawir, or Mosawer