فرعون
Arabic edit
Etymology edit
The word is not attested before the Qurʾān and the probabilities are that the immediate source for the Arabic is the Classical Syriac ܦܹܪܥܘܼܢ (pɛrʕūn).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
فِرْعَوْن • (firʕawn) m
- (without article) Pharaoh
Declension edit
Declension of proper noun فِرْعَوْن (firʕawn)
Singular | basic singular diptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | — | فِرْعَوْن firʕawn |
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Nominative | — | فِرْعَوْنُ firʕawnu |
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Accusative | — | فِرْعَوْنَ firʕawna |
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Genitive | — | فِرْعَوْنَ firʕawna |
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Noun edit
فِرْعَوْن • (firʕawn) m (plural فَرَاعِنَة (farāʕina))
- a pharaoh (an ancient Egyptian ruler)
Declension edit
Declension of noun فِرْعَوْن (firʕawn)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | فِرْعَوْن firʕawn |
الْفِرْعَوْن al-firʕawn |
فِرْعَوْن firʕawn |
Nominative | فِرْعَوْنٌ firʕawnun |
الْفِرْعَوْنُ al-firʕawnu |
فِرْعَوْنُ firʕawnu |
Accusative | فِرْعَوْنًا firʕawnan |
الْفِرْعَوْنَ al-firʕawna |
فِرْعَوْنَ firʕawna |
Genitive | فِرْعَوْنٍ firʕawnin |
الْفِرْعَوْنِ al-firʕawni |
فِرْعَوْنِ firʕawni |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | فِرْعَوْنَيْن firʕawnayn |
الْفِرْعَوْنَيْن al-firʕawnayn |
فِرْعَوْنَيْ firʕawnay |
Nominative | فِرْعَوْنَانِ firʕawnāni |
الْفِرْعَوْنَانِ al-firʕawnāni |
فِرْعَوْنَا firʕawnā |
Accusative | فِرْعَوْنَيْنِ firʕawnayni |
الْفِرْعَوْنَيْنِ al-firʕawnayni |
فِرْعَوْنَيْ firʕawnay |
Genitive | فِرْعَوْنَيْنِ firʕawnayni |
الْفِرْعَوْنَيْنِ al-firʕawnayni |
فِرْعَوْنَيْ firʕawnay |
Plural | broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | فَرَاعِنَة farāʕina |
الْفَرَاعِنَة al-farāʕina |
فَرَاعِنَة farāʕinat |
Nominative | فَرَاعِنَةٌ farāʕinatun |
الْفَرَاعِنَةُ al-farāʕinatu |
فَرَاعِنَةُ farāʕinatu |
Accusative | فَرَاعِنَةً farāʕinatan |
الْفَرَاعِنَةَ al-farāʕinata |
فَرَاعِنَةَ farāʕinata |
Genitive | فَرَاعِنَةٍ farāʕinatin |
الْفَرَاعِنَةِ al-farāʕinati |
فَرَاعِنَةِ farāʕinati |
Descendants edit
- Maltese: fergħun
- → Bashkir: фирғәүен (firğəwen)
- → Bengali: ফেরাউন (pheraun)
- → Hindustani:
- → Malay: firaun
- → Ottoman Turkish: فرعون
- → Turkish: firavun
- → Persian: فرعون (fer'own)
- → Swahili: firauni
- → Tajik: фиръавн (firʾavn)
- → Uzbek: firʼavn
References edit
- Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, page 225
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “فرعون”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
Further reading edit
- فرعون on the Arabic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ar
Kohistani Shina edit
Noun edit
فرعون (fir'on)
Persian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from the Arabic فِرْعَوْن (firʕawn).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [fiɾ.ʔawn]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [feɹ.ʔown]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [fiɾ.ʔäwn]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | fir'awn |
Dari reading? | fir'awn |
Iranian reading? | fer'own |
Tajik reading? | firʾavn |
Noun edit
Dari | فرعون |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | фиръавн |
فرعون • (fer'own) (plural فراعنه (farâ'ene) or فرعونها (fer'own-hâ))
Urdu edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic فِرْعَوْن (firʕawn).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /fɪɾ.(ʔ)ɔːn/
- Rhymes: -ɔːn
- Hyphenation: فِر‧عَون
Noun edit
فرعون • (fir‘aun) m (formal plural فراعنہ, Hindi spelling फ़िरौन)
Declension edit
Declension of فرعون | ||
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singular | plural | |
direct | فِرْعَون (fir'aun) | فِرْعَون (fir'aun) |
oblique | فِرْعَون (fir'aun) | فِرْعَونوں (fir'aunō̃) |
vocative | فِرْعَون (fir'aun) | فِرْعَونو (fir'aunō) |