Where does “فصحى العصر” come from?

فصحى العصر (Arabic) comes from Arabic عصر, from Arabic عَصَرَ — to press, to squeeze.

فصحى العصر (Arabic): Modern Standard Arabic

Definitions

  1. Modern Standard Arabic

Ancestry of “فصحى العصر”, step by step

فصحى العصر traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic عصر

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicعصرto press, to squeeze, to wring; to modernize,...
2Arabicعَصَرَto press, to squeeze

via Arabic فصحى

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicفصحى—
2Arabicفَصِيحpure in language, eloquent; of pure language,...
Every word from Arabic عَصَرَ →Every word from Arabic عصر →