Pharao

See also: pharao and pharaó

German

Alternative forms

• Pharaoh

Pronunciation

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Noun

Pharao m (strong, genitive Pharaos, plural Pharaonen, feminine Pharaonin)

1. pharaoh

Further reading

• “Pharao” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Pharao (Kartenspiel, Spiel)” in Duden online
• “Pharao (König, Titel)” in Duden online

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Φαραώ (Pharaṓ), from Biblical Hebrew פַּרְעֹה (par‘ōh), from Egyptian

(pr-ꜥꜣ, “palace”, “pharaoh”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰa.ra.oː/, [ˈpʰäräoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.ra.o/, [ˈfäːräo]

Proper noun

Pharaō m (genitive Pharaōnis); third declension

1. (Late Latin) Pharaoh
   • c. 600 CE – 625 CE, Isidorus Hispalensis, Etymologiae 7.6.46:

     Dēnique Mōȳsē interpretātur sūmptus ex aquā. Invēnit eum ad rīpam flūminis expositum fīlia Pharaōnis, quem colligēns adoptāvit sibi.

     Then 'Moses' is interpreted as 'taken out of water'. The daughter of the Pharaoh found him abandoned on the bank of the river and adopted him.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Pharaō	Pharaōnēs
Genitive	Pharaōnis	Pharaōnum
Dative	Pharaōnī	Pharaōnibus
Accusative	Pharaōnem	Pharaōnēs
Ablative	Pharaōne	Pharaōnibus
Vocative	Pharaō	Pharaōnēs

Descendants

Descendants

• → Asturian: faraón
• → Catalan: faraó
• → Czech: faraon, farao
• → Danish: farao
• → Dutch: farao
• → Old English: pharao
  • Middle English: pharao, pharaon
    • English: pharaoh, pharaon
      • → Japanese: ファラオ (farao)
      • → Korean: 파라오 (parao)
      • → Thai: ฟาโรห์ (faa-roo)
• → Esperanto: faraono
• → French: pharaon
  • → Khmer: ផារ៉ាអុង (para'ong)
  • → Vietnamese: pha-ra-ông
• → Galician: faraón
• → German: Pharao
• → Hungarian: fáraó
• → Italian: faraone
• → Sicilian: faraguni
  • → Maltese: faragħun
• → Norwegian: farao
• → Occitan: faraon
• → Polish: faraon
• → Portuguese: faraó
• → Romanian: faraon
• → Slovak: faraón
• → Old Spanish: pharaon
  • Spanish: faraón
• → Swedish: farao
  • → Finnish: faarao
• → Tagalog: paro
• → Volapük: faraon (♂♀), Volapük: hifaraon (♂), jifaraon (♀)

References

• “Pharao”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Pharao in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.