لسان
Arabic edit
Etymology edit
From the root ل س ن (l-s-n). From Proto-Semitic *lišān-.
Cognate with Hebrew לשון (lashón).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
لِسَان • (lisān) m or f (plural أَلْسِنَة (ʔalsina) or أَلْسُن (ʔalsun))
- (anatomy) tongue
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 90:8-10:
- أَلَمْ نَجْعَلْ لَهُ عَيْنَيْنِ / وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ / وَهَدَيْنَاهُ النَّجْدَيْنِ
- ʔalam najʕal lahū ʕaynayni / walisānan wašafatayni / wahadaynāhu n-najdayni
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (metonymically) language
- Synonym: لُغَة (luḡa)
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 30:22:
- وَمِنْ آيَاتِهِ خَلْقُ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱخْتِلَافُ أَلْسِنَتِكُمْ وَأَلْوَانِكُمْ
- wamin ʔāyātihī ḵalqu s-samāwāti wal-ʔarḍi waḵtilāfu ʔalsinatikum waʔalwānikum
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (metonymically) speech
- letter, missive
- tongue of a balance
Declension edit
Declension of noun لِسَان (lisān)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | لِسَان lisān |
اللِّسَان al-lisān |
لِسَان lisān |
Nominative | لِسَانٌ lisānun |
اللِّسَانُ al-lisānu |
لِسَانُ lisānu |
Accusative | لِسَانًا lisānan |
اللِّسَانَ al-lisāna |
لِسَانَ lisāna |
Genitive | لِسَانٍ lisānin |
اللِّسَانِ al-lisāni |
لِسَانِ lisāni |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | لِسَانَيْن lisānayn |
اللِّسَانَيْن al-lisānayn |
لِسَانَيْ lisānay |
Nominative | لِسَانَانِ lisānāni |
اللِّسَانَانِ al-lisānāni |
لِسَانَا lisānā |
Accusative | لِسَانَيْنِ lisānayni |
اللِّسَانَيْنِ al-lisānayni |
لِسَانَيْ lisānay |
Genitive | لِسَانَيْنِ lisānayni |
اللِّسَانَيْنِ al-lisānayni |
لِسَانَيْ lisānay |
Plural | broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a); basic broken plural triptote | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | أَلْسِنَة; أَلْسُن ʔalsina; ʔalsun |
الْأَلْسِنَة; الْأَلْسُن al-ʔalsina; al-ʔalsun |
أَلْسِنَة; أَلْسُن ʔalsinat; ʔalsun |
Nominative | أَلْسِنَةٌ; أَلْسُنٌ ʔalsinatun; ʔalsunun |
الْأَلْسِنَةُ; الْأَلْسُنُ al-ʔalsinatu; al-ʔalsunu |
أَلْسِنَةُ; أَلْسُنُ ʔalsinatu; ʔalsunu |
Accusative | أَلْسِنَةً; أَلْسُنًا ʔalsinatan; ʔalsunan |
الْأَلْسِنَةَ; الْأَلْسُنَ al-ʔalsinata; al-ʔalsuna |
أَلْسِنَةَ; أَلْسُنَ ʔalsinata; ʔalsuna |
Genitive | أَلْسِنَةٍ; أَلْسُنٍ ʔalsinatin; ʔalsunin |
الْأَلْسِنَةِ; الْأَلْسُنِ al-ʔalsinati; al-ʔalsuni |
أَلْسِنَةِ; أَلْسُنِ ʔalsinati; ʔalsuni |
Derived terms edit
- لِسَانًا (lisānan, “orally, verbally”)
- لِسَانِيّ (lisāniyy, “oral, verbal”)
- لِسَانِيَّات (lisāniyyāt, “linguistics”)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Iraqi Arabic: لسان (lsān)
- Gulf Arabic: لسان (lsān)
- Maltese: lsien
- Moroccan Arabic: لسان (lsān)
- → Azerbaijani: lisan
- → Malay: lisan
- Indonesian: lisan
- → Ottoman Turkish: لسان (lisân)
- Turkish: lisan
- → Hindustani:
References edit
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “لسن”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
- Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “لسان”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc[1] (in French), Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie
Gujarati edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic لِسَان (lisān).
Noun edit
لسان • (lisān) f (Standard Gujarati લિસાન) (Lisan ud-Dawat)
Gulf Arabic edit
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Hijazi Arabic edit
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ل س ن |
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Moroccan Arabic edit
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North Levantine Arabic edit
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Ottoman Turkish edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
لسان • (lisan) (definite accusative لسانی (lisanı), plural السنه (elsine) or لسانلر (lisanlar))
Derived terms edit
- لسانجه (lisanca)
Descendants edit
- Turkish: lisan
Persian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [li.ˈsɑːn]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [le.sɒ́ːn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [li.sɔ́n]
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Classical reading? | lisān |
Dari reading? | lisān |
Iranian reading? | lesân |
Tajik reading? | lison |
Noun edit
Dari | لسان |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | лисон |
لسان • (lesân) (plural السنه (alsene) or لسانها (lesân-hâ))
South Levantine Arabic edit
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ل س ن |
1 term |
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Urdu edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian لِسَان (lisān), from Arabic لِسَان (lisān).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /lɪ.sɑːn/
Noun edit
لِسان • (lisān) f (Hindi spelling लिसान)
Declension edit
Declension of لسان | ||
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singular | plural | |
direct | لسان (lisān) | لسانیں (lisānẽ) |
oblique | لسان (lisān) | لسانوں (lisānõ) |
vocative | لسان (lisān) | لسانو (lisāno) |