Arabic

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Root
ل س ن (l s n)
4 terms

Etymology

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From Proto-Semitic *lišān-.

Cognate with Hebrew לָשׁוֹן (lashón).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /li.saːn/
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Noun

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لِسَان (lisānm or f (plural أَلْسِنَة (ʔalsina) or أَلْسُن (ʔalsun))

  1. (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)
  2. (metonymic) 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
      And one of His signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the diversity of your languages and colours.
  3. (metonymic) speech
  4. letter, missive
  5. tongue of a balance

Declension

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Declension of noun لِسَان (lisān)
singular basic singular triptote
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

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Descendants

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  • Iraqi Arabic: لسان (lsān)
  • Gulf Arabic: لسان (lsān)
  • Maltese: lsien
  • Moroccan Arabic: لسان (lsān)
  • Azerbaijani: lisan
  • Malay: lisan
  • Ottoman Turkish: لسان (lisân)
  • Hindustani:
    Hindi: लिसान (lisān)
    Urdu: لسان (lisân)

References

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  • 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

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Etymology

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From Arabic لِسَان (lisān).

Noun

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لسان (lisānf (Lisan ud-Dawat)

  1. tongue
  2. language

Gulf Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic لِسَان (lisān).

Noun

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لسان (lsānf (plural لسانات (lsānāt))

  1. (anatomy) tongue

Hijazi Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic لِسَان (lisān).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /li.ˈsaːn/, [lɪ.ˈsaːn]

Noun

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لسان (lisānm (plural لسن (lusun) or ألسنة (ʔalsina))

  1. (anatomy) tongue

Iraqi Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic لِسَان (lisān).

Noun

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لسان (lsānf (plural لسانات (lsānāt) or ألسنة (alsina))

  1. (anatomy) tongue

Moroccan Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic لِسَان (lisān).

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Noun

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لسان (lsānm (plural لسانات (lsānāt))

  1. (anatomy) tongue

North Levantine Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic لِسَان (lisān).

Noun

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لسان (lsānm (plural لسانات (lsānāt))

  1. (anatomy) tongue

Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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From Arabic لِسَان (lisān).

Noun

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لسان (lisan) (definite accusative لسانی (lisanı), plural السنه (elsine) or لسانلر (lisanlar))

  1. language
  2. tongue

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Descendants

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Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic لِسَان (lisān).

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Readings
Classical reading? lisān
Dari reading? lisān
Iranian reading? lesân
Tajik reading? lison

Noun

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Dari لسان
Iranian Persian
Tajik лисон

لسان (lesân) (plural السنه (alsene), or لسان‌ها)

  1. language
    Synonym: زبان (zabân)
  2. (anatomy) tongue
    Synonym: زبان (zabân)

South Levantine Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic لِسَان (lisān).

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Noun

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لسان (lsānm (plural لسانات (lsānāt))

  1. tongue

Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian لِسَان (lisān), from Arabic لِسَان (lisān).

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Noun

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لِسان (lisānf (Hindi spelling लिसान)

  1. (anatomy) tongue
    Synonyms: جِیبھ (jībh), زُبان (zubān)
  2. language
    Synonyms: زُبان (zubān), بولِی (bolī), بھاکھا (bhākhā), بھاشا (bhāśā)

Declension

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Declension of لسان
singular plural
direct لسان (lisān) لسانیں (lisānẽ)
oblique لسان (lisān) لسانوں (lisānõ)
vocative لسان (lisān) لسانو (lisāno)