سوسن

Arabic

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (swsn' /⁠sōsan⁠/), from Ancient Greek σοῦσον (soûson), ultimately from Egyptian

(zšn, “lotus”). Doublet of سُوزَان (sūzān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saw.san/

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:
  • → Catalan: assussena, assutzena
  • → Galician: azucena
  • → Portuguese: açucena
  • → Spanish: azucena
    • → Cebuano: asusena, asusina
    • → Tagalog: asusena
• Moroccan Arabic: سوسان (sūsān)

Proper noun

سَوْسَن • (sawsan) f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Susanna / Suzanna

Declension

Declension of noun سَوْسَن (sawsan)

singular	basic singular diptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	—	سَوْسَن sawsan	—
nominative	—	سَوْسَنُ sawsanu	—
accusative	—	سَوْسَنَ sawsana	—
genitive	—	سَوْسَنَ sawsana	—

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 (1863-1893), “سوسن”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1466.
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “سوسن”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[2] (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 [script needed] (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.sán], [säw.sán]

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

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

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

Readings
Classical reading?	sōsán, sawsán
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)

1. lily

Derived terms

• سوسنگرد (susangerd)

Proper noun

سوسن • (sôsan)

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