سوسن

Arabic

Etymology

From Middle Persian swsn' (sōsan) (Persian سوسن (susan)), from Ancient Greek σοῦσον (soûson), ultimately from Egyptian

(zšn, “lotus”).

Noun

سَوْسَن • (sawsan) m

1. lily

Declension

Declension of noun سَوْسَن (sawsan)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَوْسَن sawsan	السَّوْسَن as-sawsan	سَوْسَن sawsan
Nominative	سَوْسَنٌ sawsanun	السَّوْسَنُ as-sawsanu	سَوْسَنُ sawsanu
Accusative	سَوْسَنًا sawsanan	السَّوْسَنَ as-sawsana	سَوْسَنَ sawsana
Genitive	سَوْسَنٍ sawsanin	السَّوْسَنِ as-sawsani	سَوْسَنِ sawsani

Descendants

• Andalusian Arabic:
  • → Portuguese: açucena

References

• Freytag, Georg (1833) “سوسن”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 375
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “سوسن”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[2], London: Williams & Norgate, page 1466
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “سوسن”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 613
• Zimmern, Heinrich (1915) Akkadische Fremdwörter als Beweis für babylonischen Kultureinfluss (in German), Leipzig: A. Edelmann, page 58

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian swsn' (sōsan), from Ancient Greek σοῦσον (soûson), ultimately from Egyptian zšn. Compare Old Armenian շուշան (šušan), Old Georgian შროშანი (šrošani), Biblical Hebrew שׁוֹשָׁן (šōšān), שׁוֹשַׁנָּה (šōšannā), Aramaic שַׁוֹשַׁנְתָּא (šōšantā).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [soː.ˈsan], [saw.ˈsan]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [soː.sǽn], [säw.sǽn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [soː.sǽn], [säw.sǽn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [soː.sǽn], [säw.sǽn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [sʊː.sǽn], [säw.sǽn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [suː.sǽn], [sow.sǽn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [sɵ.sǽn], [säw.sǽn]

Readings
Classical reading?	sōsan, sawsan
Dari reading?	sōsan, sawsan
Iranian reading?	susan, sowsan
Tajik reading?	süsan, savsan

Noun

Dari	سوسن
Iranian Persian
Tajik	сӯсан, савсан

سوسن • (sôsan, sowsan) (plural سوسن‌ها (sôsan, sowsan-hâ))

1. lily

Proper noun

سوسن • (sôsan)

1. a female given name, Sosan, Susan, Sousan, Soosan, or Sawsan, from Persian