"وراء" meaning in Arabic

See وراء in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Preposition

Etymology: From و ر ء (w-r-ʔ) or و ر ي (w-r-y). Lane's Dictionary, page 2933, "ورأ" meaning to push back behind something, to obscure or cover over; ultimately from "ورى", page 3052, meaning to make a fire, to set a blaze in front of you, behind its cover, to allude, to pretend or being ambiguous, to state something symbolically or to see another meaning besides the apparent. Etymology templates: {{ar-root|و|ر|ء}} و ر ء (w-r-ʔ), {{ar-root|و|ر|ي}} و ر ي (w-r-y) Head templates: {{ar-prep|وَرَاءَ}} وَرَاءَ • (warāʔa) Forms: وَرَاءَ [canonical], warāʔa [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], وَرَاءَ [stem], وَرَائِي [feminine, first-person, masculine, singular], وَرَاءَنَا [common-gender, dual, feminine, first-person, masculine, plural], وَرَاءَكَ [masculine, second-person, singular], وَرَاءَكِ [feminine, second-person, singular], وَرَاءَكُمَا [common-gender, dual, second-person], وَرَاءَكُمْ [masculine, plural, second-person], وَرَاءَكُنَّ [feminine, plural, second-person], وَرَاءَهُ [masculine, singular, third-person], وَرَاءَهَا [feminine, singular, third-person], وَرَاءَهُمَا [common-gender, dual, third-person], وَرَاءَهُمْ [masculine, plural, third-person], وَرَاءَهُنَّ [feminine, plural, third-person]
  1. behind
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