Quranic root
تور
t · w · r
The supplied evidence does not establish a single productive primary signification for this root. Its securely Quran-attested lexical item is the temporal noun تَارَةٌ, while تَوْرٌ and the derived forms preserve distinct Classical Arabic branches.
The history of تَارَةٌ is disputed: it is reported as originally containing و, and a Quran-focused explanation connects its sense of recurrence with the closing or healing of a wound. تَوْرٌ meaning “messenger” is independently attested as a genuine Arabic word. These proposals describe lexical development or association, not a direct meaning of every form.
- Maqāyīs · row 971
- Mufradāt · row 171
- Lane · entry 16942
- Lane · entry 16943
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Forms in the Quran
The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.
تَارَةٌ
tārahun
- Part of speech
- Noun
- Quran occurrences
- 2 occurrences
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
A time or occasion; once, or again on another occasion.
A temporal noun that can denote a time of either long or short duration, a single occurrence, or a recurrence. In the Quranic constructions تَارَةً أُخْرَى and تَارَةً بَعْدَ تَارَةٍ, it expresses another time, another turn, or repeated occurrence.
- Lane · entry 16943
- Mufradāt · row 171
Selected Quran examples
Quran 17:69word 6
“another time”
Quran 20:55word 7
“time”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
View all 2 occurrencesBroader Classical Arabic meanings
Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.
Show 13 Classical meanings
تَارَ
Of water, to run or flow.
An obsolete Form I verb; the cited imperfect is يَتُورُ and the verbal noun is تَوْرٌ.
- Lane · entry 16938
تِيرَ
Blood-revenge was exacted.
A rare reported form, presented as an apparent variant of ثُئِرَ; no restriction to the illustrative object is implied.
- Lane · entry 16938
تَاوَرَ
To return to someone or something repeatedly, time after time.
Form III, used transitively in the cited form and equated with عَاوَدَهُ.
- Lane · entry 16939
أَتَارَ
To repeat an action or do it again, time after time.
Form IV, generally transitive in the cited usage.
- Lane · entry 16940
أَتَارَ
To look sharply or intently at someone or something, or to cast or shoot at it repeatedly.
A Form IV repeated-action construction; the alternatives concern repeated looking and repeated casting or shooting.
- Lane · entry 16940
يُتَارُ
To be encompassed or encircled in order to be captured.
A reported interpretation of the passive construction يُتَارُ عَلَى أَنْ يُؤْخَذَ; another transmitted interpretation takes the expression as repeated shooting, covered separately under أَتَارَ.
- Lane · entry 16940
تَوْرٌ
A messenger who goes between people, especially one who carries messages between lovers.
A Classical noun with the plural أَتْوَارٌ.
- Lane · entry 16942
تَوْرَةٌ
A girl sent to carry messages between lovers.
A feminine lexical form for the specified messenger use.
- Lane · entry 16942
تَوْرٌ
A small drinking vessel, also used for water in ablution.
A vessel variously described as made of brass or stone; its use for ablution is a conventional specialization.
- Lane · entry 16942
تَوْرٌ نُحَاسٌ
A copper cooking pot.
A compound expression specifying the vessel's material and cooking use.
- Lane · entry 16942
تَوْرُ الْمَاءِ
The green substance that spreads over stagnant water.
A lexical expression equated with طُحْلُبٌ.
- Lane · entry 16942
تَارَاتٌ
Blood-revenge or vengeance for a slain person.
A tentative interpretation in the vocative expression يَا تَارَاتِ فُلَانٍ; one account treats the form as a transposition from وِتْرٌ in the sense of blood-revenge.
- Lane · entry 16943
تَائِرٌ
Applying oneself constantly or perseveringly to work after a period of remissness.
An adjectival description of renewed, sustained application.
- Lane · entry 16944
Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The relationship among the root's lexical branches is not settled by the supplied evidence; in particular, the etymology of تَارَةٌ is reported with competing analyses.
The blood-revenge senses are rare and explicitly reported as variant or tentative interpretations rather than as the ordinary temporal meaning of تَارَةٌ.