# Ayn-Ye-Ra — عير (Eyr)

> Occurs in 3 verses of the Quran.

- **Source:** https://quran.so/root/Eyr

- **Meaning:** To wander, go backwards and forwards. Irun - caravan, caravan of camels carrying corn.
- **Derived forms:** عِير (3)

## Verses containing this root

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 70

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْعِيرُ — l-ʿīru · "(in) the caravan"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case

فَلَمَّا جَهَّزَهُمْ بِجَهَازِهِمْ جَعَلَ السِّقَايَةَ ف۪ي رَحْلِ اَخ۪يهِ ثُمَّ اَذَّنَ مُؤَذِّنٌ اَيَّتُهَا الْع۪يرُ اِنَّكُمْ لَسَارِقُونَ

Falamma jahhazahum bijahazihimjaAAala assiqayata fee rahli akheehi thummaaththana mu-aththinun ayyatuha alAAeeruinnakum lasariqoon

And when he had furnished them with their provisions, he put the drinking-cup into the saddlebag of his brother. Then a crier cried: “O you of the caravan: you are thieves!”

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-70.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 82

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱلْعِيرَ — wal-ʿīra · "and the caravan"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

وَسْـَٔلِ الْقَرْيَةَ الَّت۪ي كُنَّا ف۪يهَا وَالْع۪يرَ الَّت۪ٓي اَقْبَلْنَا ف۪يهَاۜ وَاِنَّا لَصَادِقُونَ

Was-ali alqaryata allatee kunnafeeha walAAeera allatee aqbalna feehawa-inna lasadiqoon

“‘And ask thou of the city in which we were, and the caravan in which we approached; and we are truthful.’”

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-82.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 94

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْعِيرُ — l-ʿīru · "the caravan"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case

وَلَمَّا فَصَلَتِ الْع۪يرُ قَالَ اَبُوهُمْ اِنّ۪ي لَاَجِدُ ر۪يحَ يُوسُفَ لَوْلَٓا اَنْ تُفَنِّدُونِ

Walamma fasalati alAAeeru qalaaboohum innee laajidu reeha yoosufa lawla antufannidoon

And when the caravan departed, their father said: “I perceive the scent of Joseph–– had you not thought me weak in mind.”

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-94.md_

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