فرن

See also: قرن

Arabic

Etymology 1

From Aramaic פורנא / ܦܘܪܢܐ (pūrnā), from Ancient Greek φοῦρνος (phoûrnos), from Latin furnus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /furn/

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  • (Kuwaiti) IPA^(key): /fɪrɪn/

Noun

فُرْن • (furn) m (plural أَفْرَان (ʔafrān))

1. oven, furnace

   فُرْن ذَرِّيّ ― furn ḏarriyy ― nuclear reactor

2. bakery

Declension

Declension of noun فُرْن (furn)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فُرْن furn	الْفُرْن al-furn	فُرْن furn
Nominative	فُرْنٌ furnun	الْفُرْنُ al-furnu	فُرْنُ furnu
Accusative	فُرْنًا furnan	الْفُرْنَ al-furna	فُرْنَ furna
Genitive	فُرْنٍ furnin	الْفُرْنِ al-furni	فُرْنِ furni
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فُرْنَيْن furnayn	الْفُرْنَيْن al-furnayn	فُرْنَيْ furnay
Nominative	فُرْنَانِ furnāni	الْفُرْنَانِ al-furnāni	فُرْنَا furnā
Accusative	فُرْنَيْنِ furnayni	الْفُرْنَيْنِ al-furnayni	فُرْنَيْ furnay
Genitive	فُرْنَيْنِ furnayni	الْفُرْنَيْنِ al-furnayni	فُرْنَيْ furnay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَفْرَان ʔafrān	الْأَفْرَان al-ʔafrān	أَفْرَان ʔafrān
Nominative	أَفْرَانٌ ʔafrānun	الْأَفْرَانُ al-ʔafrānu	أَفْرَانُ ʔafrānu
Accusative	أَفْرَانًا ʔafrānan	الْأَفْرَانَ al-ʔafrāna	أَفْرَانَ ʔafrāna
Genitive	أَفْرَانٍ ʔafrānin	الْأَفْرَانِ al-ʔafrāni	أَفْرَانِ ʔafrāni

Derived terms

• فُرْنِيّ (furniyy, “round, circular; a type of bread; bulky man; baker”)
• فَرَّان (farrān, “baker”)

Descendants

• Hijazi Arabic: فرن (furun)
• Maltese: forn
• Turkish: fırın

References

• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 27
• Guidi, Ignazio (1879) Della sede primitiva dei popoli semitici (in Italian), Rome: Tipi del Salviucci, page 34
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “فرن”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate, pages 2388–2389
• Vollers, Karl (1897) “Beiträge zur Kenntniss der lebenden arabischen Sprache in Aegypten”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎^[2] (in German), volume 51, page 315

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

فِرْنَ • (firna) (form I)

1. second-person feminine plural active imperative of وَفَرَ (wafara)

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Burushaski

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pʰiran]

Noun

فرن (phiran)

1. spider

   Synonym: کݣکݳ (kangka)

References

• Bechtholdt, Astrid (2024) “phiran”, in Burushaski Hunza Dictionary (Webonary) (in Burushaski), Dallas, Texas, USA: SIL International, published 2017: “(in Latin script)”.

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Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic فُرْن (furn), from Aramaic פורנא / ܦܘܪܢܐ (pūrnā), from Ancient Greek φοῦρνος (phoûrnos), from Latin furnus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fu.run/, [fʊ.rʊn]

Noun

فرن • (furun) m (construct state فُرْن (furn), plural أَفْران (ʔafrān))

1. oven
2. kiln

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• فره‌ن (fren)

Etymology

From French frein.

Noun

فرن • (fren)

1. brake

Descendants

• Turkish: fren

References

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “fren”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic فُرْن (furn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /furn/, [ˈfʊ.r(o)n]

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Noun

فرن • (furn) m (plural فرانة (frāne) or فرونة (frūne) or أفران (ʔafrān))

1. oven, stove
2. bakery