بركان

Arabic

بُرْكَان

Etymology 1

From Sicilian vurcanu, from Latin Vulcānus, absorbed after the Arab invasion in Sicily.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bur.kaːn/
  • (Gulf) IPA^(key): /bʊr.kaːn/
  • (Moroccan) IPA^(key): /bur.kaːn/

Noun

بُرْكَان • (burkān) m (plural بَرَاكِين (barākīn))

1. volcano

   Synonym: (dated) جَبَل النَّار (jabal an-nār)

Declension

Declension of noun بُرْكَان (burkān)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	بُرْكَان burkān	الْبُرْكَان al-burkān	بُرْكَان burkān
nominative	بُرْكَانٌ burkānun	الْبُرْكَانُ al-burkānu	بُرْكَانُ burkānu
accusative	بُرْكَانًا burkānan	الْبُرْكَانَ al-burkāna	بُرْكَانَ burkāna
genitive	بُرْكَانٍ burkānin	الْبُرْكَانِ al-burkāni	بُرْكَانِ burkāni
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	بُرْكَانَيْن burkānayn	الْبُرْكَانَيْن al-burkānayn	بُرْكَانَيْ burkānay
nominative	بُرْكَانَانِ burkānāni	الْبُرْكَانَانِ al-burkānāni	بُرْكَانَا burkānā
accusative	بُرْكَانَيْنِ burkānayni	الْبُرْكَانَيْنِ al-burkānayni	بُرْكَانَيْ burkānay
genitive	بُرْكَانَيْنِ burkānayni	الْبُرْكَانَيْنِ al-burkānayni	بُرْكَانَيْ burkānay
plural	basic broken plural diptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	بَرَاكِين barākīn	الْبَرَاكِين al-barākīn	بَرَاكِين barākīn
nominative	بَرَاكِينُ barākīnu	الْبَرَاكِينُ al-barākīnu	بَرَاكِينُ barākīnu
accusative	بَرَاكِينَ barākīna	الْبَرَاكِينَ al-barākīna	بَرَاكِينَ barākīna
genitive	بَرَاكِينَ barākīna	الْبَرَاكِينِ al-barākīni	بَرَاكِينِ barākīni

Derived terms

• بُرْكَانِيّ (burkāniyy, “volcanic”)

Descendants

• Gulf Arabic: بركان (burkān)
• Hijazi Arabic: بركان (burkān)

Etymology 2

Classical Persian پرنگان (parnagān, parnigān), پرندگان (parandigān), from Middle Persian [script needed] (parniyān). Suffixed to پرند (parand), پرنده (paranda) which gave the fabric-name فِرِنْد (firind).

Alternative forms

• بَرَنْكَان (barankān), بَرَّكَانِيّ (barrakāniyy), بَرَنْكَانِيّ (barankāniyy)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bar.ra.kaːn/

Noun

بَرَّكَان • (barrakān) m (plural بَرَّكَانَات (barrakānāt))

1. a kind of rougher camlet used for clothing items

Declension

Declension of noun بَرَّكَان (barrakān)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	بَرَّكَان barrakān	الْبَرَّكَان al-barrakān	بَرَّكَان barrakān
nominative	بَرَّكَانٌ barrakānun	الْبَرَّكَانُ al-barrakānu	بَرَّكَانُ barrakānu
accusative	بَرَّكَانًا barrakānan	الْبَرَّكَانَ al-barrakāna	بَرَّكَانَ barrakāna
genitive	بَرَّكَانٍ barrakānin	الْبَرَّكَانِ al-barrakāni	بَرَّكَانِ barrakāni
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	بَرَّكَانَيْن barrakānayn	الْبَرَّكَانَيْن al-barrakānayn	بَرَّكَانَيْ barrakānay
nominative	بَرَّكَانَانِ barrakānāni	الْبَرَّكَانَانِ al-barrakānāni	بَرَّكَانَا barrakānā
accusative	بَرَّكَانَيْنِ barrakānayni	الْبَرَّكَانَيْنِ al-barrakānayni	بَرَّكَانَيْ barrakānay
genitive	بَرَّكَانَيْنِ barrakānayni	الْبَرَّكَانَيْنِ al-barrakānayni	بَرَّكَانَيْ barrakānay
plural	sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	بَرَّكَانَات barrakānāt	الْبَرَّكَانَات al-barrakānāt	بَرَّكَانَات barrakānāt
nominative	بَرَّكَانَاتٌ barrakānātun	الْبَرَّكَانَاتُ al-barrakānātu	بَرَّكَانَاتُ barrakānātu
accusative	بَرَّكَانَاتٍ barrakānātin	الْبَرَّكَانَاتِ al-barrakānāti	بَرَّكَانَاتِ barrakānāti
genitive	بَرَّكَانَاتٍ barrakānātin	الْبَرَّكَانَاتِ al-barrakānāti	بَرَّكَانَاتِ barrakānāti

Descendants

• → Catalan: barragà
• → Dutch: barkaan
• → English: barracan
• → Old French: barracan
  • French: bouracan (secondarily related with bourre)
• → Middle High German: barchant, barchât, barchet, barkân
  • German: Barchent, Barchet, Parchet, Barchend, Parchent, Parchend, Barchat, Parchat, Berkan
  • → Russian: ба́рхат (bárxat)
• → Italian: baracane
• → Medieval Latin: barracanus
• → Occitan: barracan
• → Polish: barakan
• → Portuguese: barragana
• → Russian: бара́кан (barákan)
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: бара̀ка̄н

  Latin script: baràkān

• → Spanish: barragán
• → Venetan: baracan

Etymology 3

From Tarifit ⴰⴱⴻⵔⴽⴰⵏ (aberkan, “black”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bar.kaːn/

Proper noun

بَرْكَان • (barkān) f

1. Berkane (a city in Oriental, Morocco)

Declension

Declension of noun بَرْكَان (barkān)

singular	basic singular diptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	—	بَرْكَان barkān	—
nominative	—	بَرْكَانُ barkānu	—
accusative	—	بَرْكَانَ barkāna	—
genitive	—	بَرْكَانَ barkāna	—

Etymology 4

Root
ب ر ك (b r k)
10 terms

Anastatica hierochuntica

From بَرَكَة (baraka, “blessing”), being a popular herbal remedy to ease childbirth.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.ru.kaːn/, /bir.kaːn/

Noun

بَرُكَان or بِرْكَان • (barukān or birkān) m (Shammar)

1. Rose of Jericho (Anastatica hierochuntica)

   Synonym: كَفّ مَرْيَم (kaff maryam) (see it for more)

Declension

Declension of noun بَرُكَان (barukān)‎; بِرْكَان (birkān)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	بَرُكَان‎; بِرْكَان barukān‎; birkān	الْبَرُكَان‎; الْبِرْكَان al-barukān‎; al-birkān	بَرُكَان‎; بِرْكَان barukān‎; birkān
nominative	بَرُكَانٌ‎; بِرْكَانٌ barukānun‎; birkānun	الْبَرُكَانُ‎; الْبِرْكَانُ al-barukānu‎; al-birkānu	بَرُكَانُ‎; بِرْكَانُ barukānu‎; birkānu
accusative	بَرُكَانًا‎; بِرْكَانًا barukānan‎; birkānan	الْبَرُكَانَ‎; الْبِرْكَانَ al-barukāna‎; al-birkāna	بَرُكَانَ‎; بِرْكَانَ barukāna‎; birkāna
genitive	بَرُكَانٍ‎; بِرْكَانٍ barukānin‎; birkānin	الْبَرُكَانِ‎; الْبِرْكَانِ al-barukāni‎; al-birkāni	بَرُكَانِ‎; بِرْكَانِ barukāni‎; birkāni

References

• Corriente, F. (1997), A Dictionary of Andalusi Arabic (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East; 29)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 48
• Dold-Ghadar, Gabriele (2016), Pers–Andalus. Iranische Kulturdenkmäler in „al-Andalus al-aqṣā“. Bewertung der Forschungsergebnisse für das 8.–12. Jahrhundert (Islamkundliche Untersuchungen; 330)‎^[2] (in German), Berlin: Klaus Schwarz Verlag, →DOI, page 219
• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1845), Dictionnaire détaillé des noms des vêtements chez les arabes‎^[3] (in French), Amsterdam: Jean Müller, →DOI, pages 68–71
• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), “بركان”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[4] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 76
• Mandaville, James Paul (1990), Flora of Eastern Saudi Arabia, Riyadh: Routledge, →ISBN, pages 143–144, 447
• Mandaville, James Paul (2011), Bedouin Ethnobotany. Plant Concepts and Uses in a Desert Pastoral World, Tucson: University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, pages 303–304

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic بُرْكَان (burkān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /burˈkaːn/, [bʊr.kaːn]

Noun

بركان • (burkān) m (plural براكين (barākīn))

1. volcano