وصر

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of a covenant, agreement, or bond. It extends to written documents that record these agreements, such as ledgers or purchase deeds. Some derived terms also refer to elevated landforms.

Derived headwords

اَلْوَصْرnoun

1.
covenantclassical
A covenant or agreement, used as an alternative to إصر (iṣr).
2.
ledgerboth
A ledger or register in which records are written, often referring to deeds or contracts.
3.
deed of saleboth
Specifically, a written document pertaining to a purchase, such as a deed of sale.

اَلْإِصْرnoun

1.
covenantclassical
A covenant or agreement, which is the original form from which الوصر is derived.

اَلْإِرْثnoun

1.
inheritanceboth
Inheritance, mentioned as an example of a word pair with similar derivation to إرث and وريث.

اَلْوَرِيثnoun

1.
heirboth
An heir, mentioned as an example of a word pair with similar derivation to إرث and وريث.

اَلْإِسَادَةnoun

1.
pillowboth
A pillow, mentioned as an example of a word pair with similar derivation to إسادة and وسادة.

اَلْوِسَادَةnoun

1.
pillowboth
A pillow, mentioned as an example of a word pair with similar derivation to إسادة and وسادة.

أَوْصَارnoun

1.
ledgersboth
The plural of وَصْر (waṣr), referring to ledgers or written records.

اَلْوَصِيرَةnoun

1.
documentclassical
A document, possibly a Persian loanword, referring to a written record or contract.

اَلْوَصْرَةnoun

1.
documentclassical
A document, possibly a Persian loanword, referring to a written record or contract.

اَلْأَوْصَرnoun

1.
documentclassical
A document, possibly a Persian loanword, referring to a written record or contract.
2.
high groundclassical
An elevated area of land.

Parallel reading

الوصر، بالكسر: العهد، لغة في الإصر

Al-waṣr, with kasra: the covenant, a variant of al-iṣr.

كما قالوا: إرث وورث، وإسادة ووسادة

As they said: irth and warith, and isādah and wisādah.

الوصر: الصك الذي تكتب فيه السجلات

Al-waṣr: the document in which records are written.

سمي به لأن الإصر العهد

It is so named because al-iṣr means covenant.

ويسمى كتاب الشروط كتاب العهد والوثائق

And the book of conditions is called the book of covenants and documents.

إن هذا اشترى مني دارا وقبض مني {وصرها فلا هو يعطيني الثمن ولا هو يرد إلي} الوصر

This man bought a house from me and took possession of its deed from me, {so he neither gives me the price nor returns to me} the deed.

وجمع الوصر أوصار

And the plural of al-waṣr is awṣār.

أي أقطعكم وكتب لكم السجلات في الأرياف

Meaning: I granted you land and wrote for you the records in the rural areas.

والوصرة محركة مشددة الراء

And al-waṣrah, with haraka and a doubled rā'.

وأنشد الليث: (وما اتخذت صداما للمكوث بها ... وما انتقشتك إلا} للوصرات)

And Al-Layth recited: (And I did not take a barrier for staying in it... and I did not engrave you except for the documents).

إن الوصر والوصيرة كلتاهما فارسية معربة

Indeed, al-waṣr and al-waṣīrah are both Persian loanwords.

الأوصر: المرتفع من الأرض

Al-awṣar: the elevated part of the land.