حرذون

Arabic

Alternative forms

• حِرْدَوْن (ḥirdawn), حَرْدُون (ḥardūn)

Etymology

Derived from Aramaic חַרְדּוֹנ (ḥardōn, “crocodile; large lizard”), cognates with ܚܲܪܕܵܢܵܐ (ḥarḏōnā), Hebrew חַרְדּוֹן (ḥardôn); ultimately from Aramaic חרּד (ḥarrēd, “to terrify”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħir.ðawn/, /ħar.ðuːn/

Noun

حِرْذَوْن or حَرْذُون • (ḥirḏawn or ḥarḏūn) m (plural حَرَاذِين (ḥarāḏīn))

1. (general) lizard, reptile
2. agama; members of Agamidae, dragon lizards

Declension

Declension of noun حِرْذَوْن (ḥirḏawn)‎; حَرْذُون (ḥarḏūn)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حِرْذَوْن‎; حَرْذُون ḥirḏawn‎; ḥarḏūn	الْحِرْذَوْن‎; الْحَرْذُون al-ḥirḏawn‎; al-ḥarḏūn	حِرْذَوْن‎; حَرْذُون ḥirḏawn‎; ḥarḏūn
Nominative	حِرْذَوْنٌ‎; حَرْذُونٌ ḥirḏawnun‎; ḥarḏūnun	الْحِرْذَوْنُ‎; الْحَرْذُونُ al-ḥirḏawnu‎; al-ḥarḏūnu	حِرْذَوْنُ‎; حَرْذُونُ ḥirḏawnu‎; ḥarḏūnu
Accusative	حِرْذَوْنًا‎; حَرْذُونًا ḥirḏawnan‎; ḥarḏūnan	الْحِرْذَوْنَ‎; الْحَرْذُونَ al-ḥirḏawna‎; al-ḥarḏūna	حِرْذَوْنَ‎; حَرْذُونَ ḥirḏawna‎; ḥarḏūna
Genitive	حِرْذَوْنٍ‎; حَرْذُونٍ ḥirḏawnin‎; ḥarḏūnin	الْحِرْذَوْنِ‎; الْحَرْذُونِ al-ḥirḏawni‎; al-ḥarḏūni	حِرْذَوْنِ‎; حَرْذُونِ ḥirḏawni‎; ḥarḏūni
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حِرْذَوْنَيْن‎; حَرْذُونَيْن ḥirḏawnayn‎; ḥarḏūnayn	الْحِرْذَوْنَيْن‎; الْحَرْذُونَيْن al-ḥirḏawnayn‎; al-ḥarḏūnayn	حِرْذَوْنَيْ‎; حَرْذُونَيْ ḥirḏawnay‎; ḥarḏūnay
Nominative	حِرْذَوْنَانِ‎; حَرْذُونَانِ ḥirḏawnāni‎; ḥarḏūnāni	الْحِرْذَوْنَانِ‎; الْحَرْذُونَانِ al-ḥirḏawnāni‎; al-ḥarḏūnāni	حِرْذَوْنَا‎; حَرْذُونَا ḥirḏawnā‎; ḥarḏūnā
Accusative	حِرْذَوْنَيْنِ‎; حَرْذُونَيْنِ ḥirḏawnayni‎; ḥarḏūnayni	الْحِرْذَوْنَيْنِ‎; الْحَرْذُونَيْنِ al-ḥirḏawnayni‎; al-ḥarḏūnayni	حِرْذَوْنَيْ‎; حَرْذُونَيْ ḥirḏawnay‎; ḥarḏūnay
Genitive	حِرْذَوْنَيْنِ‎; حَرْذُونَيْنِ ḥirḏawnayni‎; ḥarḏūnayni	الْحِرْذَوْنَيْنِ‎; الْحَرْذُونَيْنِ al-ḥirḏawnayni‎; al-ḥarḏūnayni	حِرْذَوْنَيْ‎; حَرْذُونَيْ ḥirḏawnay‎; ḥarḏūnay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَرَاذِين ḥarāḏīn	الْحَرَاذِين al-ḥarāḏīn	حَرَاذِين ḥarāḏīn
Nominative	حَرَاذِينُ ḥarāḏīnu	الْحَرَاذِينُ al-ḥarāḏīnu	حَرَاذِينُ ḥarāḏīnu
Accusative	حَرَاذِينَ ḥarāḏīna	الْحَرَاذِينَ al-ḥarāḏīna	حَرَاذِينَ ḥarāḏīna
Genitive	حَرَاذِينَ ḥarāḏīna	الْحَرَاذِينِ al-ḥarāḏīni	حَرَاذِينِ ḥarāḏīni

Descendants

• → Galician: xardón
• → Mozarabic: *fardačo (partially) (see there for further descendants)
• → Ottoman Turkish: حرذون (hırzun)
• → Portuguese: sardão

References

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• Corriente, Federico (2005) “حرذون”, in Diccionario avanzado árabe‎^[1] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, volume I, Barcelona: Herder, page 223
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