فدان

Arabic

فَدَّان

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic פַּדְּנׇא (paddənā), absolute state פַּדָּן (paddān), Classical Syriac ܦܰܕܳܢܳܐ (paddānā), having the same glosses, also Hebrew פַּדָּן (paddān). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fad.daːn/

Noun

فَدَّان • (faddān) m (plural فَدَادِين (fadādīn)) (dialectal)

1. yoke of oxen
2. plough

Declension

Declension of noun فَدَّان (faddān)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَدَّان faddān	الْفَدَّان al-faddān	فَدَّان faddān
Nominative	فَدَّانٌ faddānun	الْفَدَّانُ al-faddānu	فَدَّانُ faddānu
Accusative	فَدَّانًا faddānan	الْفَدَّانَ al-faddāna	فَدَّانَ faddāna
Genitive	فَدَّانٍ faddānin	الْفَدَّانِ al-faddāni	فَدَّانِ faddāni
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَدَّانَيْن faddānayn	الْفَدَّانَيْن al-faddānayn	فَدَّانَيْ faddānay
Nominative	فَدَّانَانِ faddānāni	الْفَدَّانَانِ al-faddānāni	فَدَّانَا faddānā
Accusative	فَدَّانَيْنِ faddānayni	الْفَدَّانَيْنِ al-faddānayni	فَدَّانَيْ faddānay
Genitive	فَدَّانَيْنِ faddānayni	الْفَدَّانَيْنِ al-faddānayni	فَدَّانَيْ faddānay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَدَادِين fadādīn	الْفَدَادِين al-fadādīn	فَدَادِين fadādīn
Nominative	فَدَادِينُ fadādīnu	الْفَدَادِينُ al-fadādīnu	فَدَادِينُ fadādīnu
Accusative	فَدَادِينَ fadādīna	الْفَدَادِينَ al-fadādīna	فَدَادِينَ fadādīna
Genitive	فَدَادِينَ fadādīna	الْفَدَادِينِ al-fadādīni	فَدَادِينِ fadādīni

Noun

فَدَّان • (faddān) m (plural أَفْدِنَة (ʔafdina)) (obsolete)

1. a square measure, acre, feddan, fluctuating highly in size by region and time

   تَرَكَ جَدُّنَا، بَعْدَ مَوْتِهِ، سِتَّةَ أَفْدِنَةٍ. ― taraka jaddunā, baʕda mawtihi, sittata ʔafdinatin. ― Our grandfather left six acres after he had died.

Declension

Declension of noun فَدَّان (faddān)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَدَّان faddān	الْفَدَّان al-faddān	فَدَّان faddān
Nominative	فَدَّانٌ faddānun	الْفَدَّانُ al-faddānu	فَدَّانُ faddānu
Accusative	فَدَّانًا faddānan	الْفَدَّانَ al-faddāna	فَدَّانَ faddāna
Genitive	فَدَّانٍ faddānin	الْفَدَّانِ al-faddāni	فَدَّانِ faddāni
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَدَّانَيْن faddānayn	الْفَدَّانَيْن al-faddānayn	فَدَّانَيْ faddānay
Nominative	فَدَّانَانِ faddānāni	الْفَدَّانَانِ al-faddānāni	فَدَّانَا faddānā
Accusative	فَدَّانَيْنِ faddānayni	الْفَدَّانَيْنِ al-faddānayni	فَدَّانَيْ faddānay
Genitive	فَدَّانَيْنِ faddānayni	الْفَدَّانَيْنِ al-faddānayni	فَدَّانَيْ faddānay
Plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَفْدِنَة ʔafdina	الْأَفْدِنَة al-ʔafdina	أَفْدِنَة ʔafdinat
Nominative	أَفْدِنَةٌ ʔafdinatun	الْأَفْدِنَةُ al-ʔafdinatu	أَفْدِنَةُ ʔafdinatu
Accusative	أَفْدِنَةً ʔafdinatan	الْأَفْدِنَةَ al-ʔafdinata	أَفْدِنَةَ ʔafdinata
Genitive	أَفْدِنَةٍ ʔafdinatin	الْأَفْدِنَةِ al-ʔafdinati	أَفْدِنَةِ ʔafdinati

References

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek φυτόν (phutón).

Noun

فدان • (fidan)

1. any young plant, particularly if raised by a gardener; sapling

Related terms

• فیده (fide, “seedling plant for planting out”)

Descendants

• Turkish: fidan, Fidan
• → Armenian: ֆիդան (fidan), ֆիտան (fitan), Ֆիդան (Fidan), Ֆիդանյան (Fidanyan)
• → Azerbaijani: fidan, Fidan
• → Greek: φιντάνι n (fintáni) (reborrowing)

Further reading

• Alkayış, Fatih (2019) “fidan”, in Türkiye Türkçesinde bitki adları [Plant Names in Turkish of Turkey] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Hiperlink Yayınları, page 251
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “fidan”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume II, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1587
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “فدان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[6], Constantinople: Mihran, page 888
• Kerestedjian, Bedros (1912) “fidan”, in Kerest Haig, editor, Quelques matériaux pour un dictionnaire étymologique de la langue Turque (in French), London: Luzac & Co., page 245
• Meyer, Gustav (1893) “Türkische Studien. I. Die griechischen und romanischen Bestandtheile im Wortschatze des Osmanisch-Türkischen”, in Sitzungsberichte der philosophisch-historischen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften (in German), volume 128, Wien: In Commission bei F. Tempsky, page 30, deriving from φυτάνη (phutánē), but this seems a very rare word
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “fidan”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “فدان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[7], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1369