صور (suwar) — "pictures" in Modern Standard Arabic

صور

Suwar

pictures

Topic
media and the arts
Seen in
2 of our stories

"pictures" in the other dialects

Egyptian Arabic

صور

sowar

صور in a sentence

Every sentence below is taken from a story on Parallel Arabic, so you can see how the word behaves in real context rather than in isolation.

هو يشاهد الصور على الهاتف

huwa yushaahid assuwar ala alhaatif

He watches the pictures on the phone.

from Two Generations in the Office

لكن زميلي لم يتوقف عن ارسال صور القطط المضحكة لي سراً

Lakinn zamili lam yatawaqqaf 'an irsal suwar al-qitat al-mudhikah li sirran.

But my colleague wouldn't stop secretly sending me funny cat pictures.

from An Amusing Work Day

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