فدن

Arabic

Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܐܦܕܢܐ (ʾāppaḏnā), from Old Persian 𐎠𐎱𐎭𐎠𐎴 (apadāna), thus doublet of إِيوَان (ʔīwān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.dan/

Noun

فَدَن • (fadan) m (plural أَفْدَان (ʔafdān)) (obsolete)

1. palace, apadana

Declension

Declension of noun فَدَن (fadan)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَدَن fadan	الْفَدَن al-fadan	فَدَن fadan
Nominative	فَدَنٌ fadanun	الْفَدَنُ al-fadanu	فَدَنُ fadanu
Accusative	فَدَنًا fadanan	الْفَدَنَ al-fadana	فَدَنَ fadana
Genitive	فَدَنٍ fadanin	الْفَدَنِ al-fadani	فَدَنِ fadani
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَدَنَيْن fadanayn	الْفَدَنَيْن al-fadanayn	فَدَنَيْ fadanay
Nominative	فَدَنَانِ fadanāni	الْفَدَنَانِ al-fadanāni	فَدَنَا fadanā
Accusative	فَدَنَيْنِ fadanayni	الْفَدَنَيْنِ al-fadanayni	فَدَنَيْ fadanay
Genitive	فَدَنَيْنِ fadanayni	الْفَدَنَيْنِ al-fadanayni	فَدَنَيْ fadanay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَفْدَان ʔafdān	الْأَفْدَان al-ʔafdān	أَفْدَان ʔafdān
Nominative	أَفْدَانٌ ʔafdānun	الْأَفْدَانُ al-ʔafdānu	أَفْدَانُ ʔafdānu
Accusative	أَفْدَانًا ʔafdānan	الْأَفْدَانَ al-ʔafdāna	أَفْدَانَ ʔafdāna
Genitive	أَفْدَانٍ ʔafdānin	الْأَفْدَانِ al-ʔafdāni	أَفْدَانِ ʔafdāni

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 16
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “فدن”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate, page 2353