سير path in Arabic
سير is how you say “path” in Arabic.
Root س ي ر s-y-r. noun (verbal noun / maṣdar). sayr.
Arabic
English
The audio uses AI voices.
Meaning of path in Arabic
- journeying, going; a path, way of travel verbal noun of سَارَ, 'he went, journeyed, marched'
- pace, manner of travelling e.g. سار سَيْرًا شَدِيدًا, 'he went at a vehement pace'
- a thong, strip of leather a distinct concrete sense; source of the verb meaning 'to make stripes'
Example sentence
اسْتَعِنْ عَلَى سَيْرِكَ إِلَى اللَّهِ بِتَرْكِ مَنْ شَغَلَكَ عَنِ اللَّهِ ﷿
Seek assistance on your path to Allah by abandoning those who divert you from Allah.
سَيْرِكَ your path
'sayr' = 'journey, traveling'; '-ka' = 'your', so 'your journey'.
The English is machine-translated.
Practise this word in the app
One tap gives you the meaning, a grammar note and audio.
Add the words you don’t know. Practise them with spaced repetition.
Free. No ads. No subscription.
An account is needed in the app.
How it is used
سَيْر is the verbal noun of سَارَ, 'to go/journey', so it names both the act of travelling and, by extension, the path or pace of that travel. The related سِيرَةٌ narrows to a 'way of conduct' or a recounted life-story, as in the Prophet's Sīra.
Words from the same root
- سَارَ to go, journey, travel
- سِيرَةٌ a way of conduct; a life-story
- سَائِرٌ one who is going, travelling
- مَسِيرٌ a going, a journey
- سَيَّارٌ one who travels often, a wayfarer
Common questions
- How do you say "path" in Arabic?
- سَيْر (sayr), from the root س-ي-ر meaning 'to go, journey'.
- What is the difference between سَيْر and سِيرَةٌ?
- سَيْر is the act of going or journeying (or the path travelled), while سِيرَةٌ is a way of conduct or a life-story, such as the Prophet's Sīra.
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).