كتان
See also: کتان
Arabic edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܟܶܬܳܢܳܐ (kettānā, “flax; linen”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
كَتَّان • (kattān) m
Declension edit
Declension of noun كَتَّان (kattān)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | كَتَّان kattān |
الْكَتَّان al-kattān |
كَتَّان kattān |
Nominative | كَتَّانٌ kattānun |
الْكَتَّانُ al-kattānu |
كَتَّانُ kattānu |
Accusative | كَتَّانًا kattānan |
الْكَتَّانَ al-kattāna |
كَتَّانَ kattāna |
Genitive | كَتَّانٍ kattānin |
الْكَتَّانِ al-kattāni |
كَتَّانِ kattāni |
Derived terms edit
- كَتَّانِيّ (kattāniyy, “linen”)
Descendants edit
- Maltese: kittien
- Moroccan Arabic: كتان (kattān)
- → Azerbaijani: kətan
- → Crimean Tatar: keten
- → Ge'ez: ክታን (kətan)
- → Persian: کتان (katân)
- → Swahili: katani
- → Turkish: keten
References edit
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 42
Moroccan Arabic edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
كتان • (kattān) m
Ottoman Turkish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic كَتَّان (kattān, “flax”).
Noun edit
كتان • (kettan)
- flax (Linum usitatissimum)
- flax fibres, linen
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Turkish: keten
Further reading edit
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “كتان”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[1], Vienna, columns 3869–3870
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كتان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1526