Arabic vocabulary
فِطْرَةinnate disposition in Arabic
فِطْرَة is how you say “innate disposition” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Root ف ط ر (f-ṭ-r)noun (verbal noun / maṣdar)Pronounced fiṭra
Meaning of innate disposition in Arabic
- innate disposition, natural constitution — the nature or character a person is originally formed with
- original state, natural make-up of a thing — tied to the base verb's sense 'to create, bring into being for the first time'
Fiṭra comes from faṭara in its sense 'to create, bring into being for the first time', so it denotes the original nature a person is formed with — not the physical 'split/crack' sense the same root also carries. It is a different derivation from fuṭūr 'breakfast', which comes from the root's fast-breaking branch (afṭara).
Words from the same root
- فَطَرَto split, cleave, crack; also to create or originate something anew
- أَفْطَرَto break one's fast, to eat and drink after fasting
- انْفَطَرَto become cleft, split, or cracked (passive/reflexive of faṭara)
- فَطِيرٌunleavened bread, dough baked hastily without being left to rise
- فَاطِرٌcreator, originator (active participle of the 'create' sense)
- مُفْطِرٌone who is breaking, or about to break, the fast
Common questions
- How do you say "innate disposition" in Arabic?
- فِطْرَة (fiṭra).
- Is فِطْرَة (fiṭra) related to فُطُور (breakfast)?
- Yes — both trace to the root ف ط ر, but through different branches: fiṭra comes from faṭara meaning 'to create, form', while fuṭūr comes from afṭara, 'to break one's fast'.
Definitions synthesised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).
Example sentences
أَرض الْفطْرَة رحبة قابلة لما يغرس فيها،
The soil of innate disposition is expansive and receptive to what is planted in it.
الْفِطْرَةِ — innate disposition. al- = 'the'; fitra means 'natural disposition' — the 'of…' word: 'of the natural disposition'.
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