فرعون

Arabic

Etymology

The word is not attested before the Qurʾān and the probabilities are that the immediate source for the Arabic is the Classical Syriac ܦܶܪܥܽܘܢ‎ (perʿūn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fir.ʕawn/

Noun

فِرْعَوْن • (firʿawn) m (plural فَرَاعِنَة‎ (farāʿina))

1. pharaoh

Declension

Declension of noun فِرْعَوْن (firʿawn)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فِرْعَوْن firʿawn	الْفِرْعَوْن‎ al-firʿawn	فِرْعَوْن firʿawn
Nominative	فِرْعَوْنٌ firʿawnun	الْفِرْعَوْنُ‎ al-firʿawnu	فِرْعَوْنُ firʿawnu
Accusative	فِرْعَوْنًا‎ firʿawnan	الْفِرْعَوْنَ‎ al-firʿawna	فِرْعَوْنَ firʿawna
Genitive	فِرْعَوْنٍ firʿawnin	الْفِرْعَوْنِ‎ al-firʿawni	فِرْعَوْنِ firʿawni
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فِرْعَوْنَيْن‎ firʿawnayn	الْفِرْعَوْنَيْن‎ al-firʿawnayn	فِرْعَوْنَيْ‎ firʿawnay
Nominative	فِرْعَوْنَانِ‎ firʿawnāni	الْفِرْعَوْنَانِ‎ al-firʿawnāni	فِرْعَوْنَا‎ firʿawnā
Accusative	فِرْعَوْنَيْنِ‎ firʿawnayni	الْفِرْعَوْنَيْنِ‎ al-firʿawnayni	فِرْعَوْنَيْ‎ firʿawnay
Genitive	فِرْعَوْنَيْنِ‎ firʿawnayni	الْفِرْعَوْنَيْنِ‎ al-firʿawnayni	فِرْعَوْنَيْ‎ firʿawnay
Plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَرَاعِنَة‎ farāʿina	الْفَرَاعِنَة‎ al-farāʿina	فَرَاعِنَة‎ farāʿinat
Nominative	فَرَاعِنَةٌ‎ farāʿinatun	الْفَرَاعِنَةُ‎ al-farāʿinatu	فَرَاعِنَةُ‎ farāʿinatu
Accusative	فَرَاعِنَةً‎ farāʿinatan	الْفَرَاعِنَةَ‎ al-farāʿinata	فَرَاعِنَةَ‎ farāʿinata
Genitive	فَرَاعِنَةٍ‎ farāʿinatin	الْفَرَاعِنَةِ‎ al-farāʿinati	فَرَاعِنَةِ‎ farāʿinati

Descendants

• Bashkir: фирғәүен (firğäwen)
• Malay: firaun
• Swahili: firauni
• Turkish: firavun
• Uzbek: firʼavn

References

• Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, page 225
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “فرعون”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

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Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from the Arabic فِرْعَوْن‎ (firʿawn).

Noun

Dari Persian	فرعون‎
Iranian Persian	فرعون‎
Tajiki Persian	фиръавн (firʾavn)

فرعون • (fer’own) (plural فراعنه‎ (farâ'ene) or فرعون‌ها‎ (fer’own-hâ))

1. pharaoh

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Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from the Arabic فِرْعَوْن‎ (firʿawn).

Noun

فرعون • (fir'aun) m (plural فراعنہ, Hindi spelling फ़िरौन)
فرعون • (fir'aun) m (plural فرعونوں, Hindi spelling फ़िरौन)

1. pharaoh