suret

Albanian

Alternative forms

• syret — Gheg

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (suret), from Arabic صُورَة (ṣūra).

Noun

suret

1. portrait
2. picture

Finnish

Verb

suret

1. second-person singular present indicative of surra

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sy.ʁɛ/

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Adjective

suret (feminine surette, masculine plural surets, feminine plural surettes)

1. sour, acidic

Derived terms

• surette

 

Noun

suret m (plural surets)

1. wild apple tree

Derived terms

• suretière

 

Further reading

• “suret”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish صورت (suret), from Persian صورت (surat), from Arabic صُورَة (ṣūra).

Noun

suret n (plural sureturi)

1. (obsolete) copy of a document

Declension

Declension of suret

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) suret	suretul	(niște) sureturi	sureturile
genitive/dative	(unui) suret	suretului	(unor) sureturi	sureturilor
vocative	suretule		sureturilor

References

• suret in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Turkish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic صُورَة (ṣūra)bor.

Classical Persian صُورَت (sūrat)bor.

Ottoman Turkish صورت

Turkish suret

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish صورت, borrowed from Classical Persian صُورَت (sūrat), borrowed from Arabic صُورَة (ṣūra). Doublet of surat.

Noun

suret (definite accusative sureti, plural suretler)

1. form, shape
2. method

Related terms

• sureta

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “suret”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “صورت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1190
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN