سوزان

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from French Suzanne. Doublet of سَوْسَن (sawsan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suː.zaːn/

Proper noun

سُوزَان • (sūzān) f

1. a female given name from French Suzanne [in turn from Ancient Greek Σουσάννᾱ (Sousánnā), in turn from Biblical Hebrew שׁוֹשַׁנָּה], equivalent to English Susanna／Suzanna

   سُوزَان مُبَارَك ― sūzān mubārak, b. 1941

Declension

Declension of noun سُوزَان (sūzān)

Singular	basic singular diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	سُوزَان sūzān	—
Nominative	—	سُوزَانُ sūzānu	—
Accusative	—	سُوزَانَ sūzāna	—
Genitive	—	سُوزَانَ sūzāna	—

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian سوزان (suzân).

Adjective

سوزان • (suzan)

1. burning, blazing, so hot as to seem to burn

   Synonym: یاقیجی (yakıci)

Descendants

• Turkish: suzan

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “suzan”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4366
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “sûzân”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1157
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “سوزان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 700
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Urens”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 1794
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “سوزان”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 2709
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “سوزان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1091

Persian

Etymology

From سوز (suz, present stem of سوختن (suxtan, “to burn”)) +‎ ـان (-ân).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [soː.zɑːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [soː.zɑːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [soː.zɑːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [soː.zɑːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [sʊː.zɔːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [suː.zɒːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [sɵ.zɔn]

Readings
Classical reading?	sōzān
Dari reading?	sōzān
Iranian reading?	suzân
Tajik reading?	süzon

Adjective

سوزان • (suzân)

1. burning; aflame; ablaze

   آتشِ سوزان ― âtaš-e suzân ― burning fire

2. burning hot; boiling

   گرمای سوزان ― garmâ-ye suzân ― boiling heat

3. (of pain) burning; extreme
4. (figurative) burning; passionate

   عشقِ سوزان ― 'ešq-e suzân ― burning love

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: سوزان (suzan)
  • Turkish: suzan