While it would be possible to comprehend it from يَصُورُ (yaṣūru, “to make bent towards a shape”), in the same fashion as سُنّة (sunna, “image, figure, form, external appearance”) is from سَنَّ (sanna, “to mold; to establish”), this would require it to be already Central Semitic in view of Hebrew צוּרָה (ṣūrā́, “form, shape”) and Aramaic צוּרְתָא / ܨܘܪܬܐ (ṣūrtā), and the likelihoods are good that we have a borrowing – in Arabic via the latter – from Akkadian 𒄑𒄯 (iṣurtu, “drawing, plan”).

• IPA^(key): /sˤuː.ra/

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صُورَة • (ṣūra) f (plural صُوَر (ṣuwar) or صُور (ṣūr) or صِوَر (ṣiwar))

1. form, shape, figure
2. image, picture, photograph

   Synonym: تَصْوِيرَة (taṣwīra)

3. copy

   Synonym: نُسْخَة (nusḵa)

4. appearance
5. attribute
6. manner
7. character
8. face

صَوْرَة • (ṣawra) f (obsolete)

1. an inclination or desire
2. an itching on the head

صَوْرَة • (ṣawra) f (plural صِيرَان (ṣīrān)) (obsolete)

1. Alternative form of صَوْر (ṣawr, “small palm-trees”)

• Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “iṣurtu”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library

From Arabic صُورة (ṣūra).

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صورة • (ṣūra) f

1. photograph

From Arabic صُورَة (ṣūra).

• IPA^(key): /sˤuː.ra/, [ˈsˤuː.rˤɑ]

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صورة • (ṣūra) f (plural صور (ṣuwar))

1. picture, attribute
2. form, shape, manner