لسان

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ل س ن‎ (l-s-n). From Proto-Semitic *lišān-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li.saːn/

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• (Gulf Arabic) IPA^(key): /lsaːn/

Noun

لِسَان • (lisān) m or f (plural أَلْسِنَة‎ (ʾalsina) or أَلْسُن‎ (ʾalsun))

1. (anatomy) tongue
2. (metonymically) language

   Synonyms: لُغَة‎ (luḡa), مَنْطِق‎ (manṭiq)

Declension

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 ʾalsina‎; ʾalsun	الْأَلْسِنَة‎‎; الْأَلْسُن‎ al-ʾalsina‎; al-ʾalsun	أَلْسِنَة‎‎; أَلْسُن‎ ʾalsinat‎; ʾalsun
Nominative	أَلْسِنَةٌ‎‎; أَلْسُنٌ‎ ʾalsinatun‎; ʾalsunun	الْأَلْسِنَةُ‎‎; الْأَلْسُنُ‎ al-ʾalsinatu‎; al-ʾalsunu	أَلْسِنَةُ‎‎; أَلْسُنُ‎ ʾalsinatu‎; ʾalsunu
Accusative	أَلْسِنَةً‎‎; أَلْسُنًا‎ ʾalsinatan‎; ʾalsunan	الْأَلْسِنَةَ‎‎; الْأَلْسُنَ‎ al-ʾalsinata‎; al-ʾalsuna	أَلْسِنَةَ‎‎; أَلْسُنَ‎ ʾalsinata‎; ʾalsuna
Genitive	أَلْسِنَةٍ‎‎; أَلْسُنٍ‎ ʾalsinatin‎; ʾalsunin	الْأَلْسِنَةِ‎‎; الْأَلْسُنِ‎ al-ʾalsinati‎; al-ʾalsuni	أَلْسِنَةِ‎‎; أَلْسُنِ‎ ʾalsinati‎; ʾalsuni

Derived terms

• لِسَانًا‎ (lisānan, “orally, verbally”)
• لِسَانِيّ‎ (lisāniyy, “oral, verbal”)
  • لِسَانِيَّات‎ (lisāniyyāt, “linguistics”)

Related terms

• لَسِنَ‎ (lasina)
• لَسَّنَ‎ (lassana)

Descendants

• Azerbaijani: lisan
• Indonesian: lisan
• Turkish: lisan

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “لسن”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

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Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic لِسَان‎ (lisān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liˈsaːn/

Noun

لِسان • (lisān) m (plural لُسُن‎ ‎(lusun) or أَلْسِنة‎ ‎(ʼalsina))

1. tongue

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic لِسَان‎ (lisān).

Noun

لسان • (lisân)

1. language
2. tongue

Derived terms

• لسانجه‎ (lisanca)

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Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic لِسَان‎ (lisān).

Noun

لسان • (lisān) f (Hindi spelling लिसान)

1. (anatomy) tongue
2. language

Declension

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

Synonyms

• (tongue): جیبھ‎ (jībh), زبان‎ (zabān)
• (language): زبان‎ (zabān), بھاشا‎ (bhāšā), بولی‎ (bolī)