فرعون
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Arabic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
The word is not attested before the Qurʾān and the probabilities are that the immediate source for the Arabic is the Classical Syriac ܦܹܪܥܘܼܢ (pɛrʕūn).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
فِرْعَوْن • (firʿawn) m
- (without article) Pharaoh (Quranic or Biblical antagonist of Moses)
Declension[edit]
Declension of proper noun فِرْعَوْن (firʿawn)
Singular | basic singular diptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | — | فِرْعَوْن firʿawn |
— |
Nominative | — | فِرْعَوْنُ firʿawnu |
— |
Accusative | — | فِرْعَوْنَ firʿawna |
— |
Genitive | — | فِرْعَوْنَ firʿawna |
— |
Noun[edit]
فِرْعَوْن • (firʿawn) m (plural فَرَاعِنَة (farāʿina))
- a pharaoh (an ancient Egyptian ruler)
- (figuratively) a despotic person; one who abuses their power, a tyrant
Declension[edit]
Declension of noun فِرْعَوْن (firʿawn)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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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 |
Derived terms[edit]
- تَفَرْعَنَ (tafarʿana, “to be like a pharaoh, to be a tyrant”)
Descendants[edit]
- Maltese: fergħun
- → Bashkir: фирғәүен (firğäwen)
- → Hindustani:
- → Malay: firaun
- → Ottoman Turkish: فرعون
- → Turkish: firavun
- → Persian: فرعون (fer'own)
- → Swahili: firauni
- → Tajik: фиръавн (firʾavn)
- → Uzbek: firʼavn
References[edit]
- 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
Further reading[edit]
فرعون on the Arabic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ar
Kohistani Shina[edit]
Noun[edit]
فرعون (fir'on)
Persian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from the Arabic فِرْعَوْن (firʿawn).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /fiɾʔawn/
- (Dari Persian) IPA(key): /fɪɾʔawn/
- (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): /feɾʔown/
Noun[edit]
Dari | فرعون |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | фиръавн (firʾavn) |
فرعون • (fer’own) (plural فراعنه (farâ'ene) or فرعونها (fer’own-hâ))
Urdu[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Arabic فِرْعَوْن (firʿawn).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /fɪɾ.(ʔ)ɔːn/
- Rhymes: -ɔːn
- Hyphenation: فِر‧عَون
Noun[edit]
فرعون • (fir‘aun) m (plural فراعنہ, Hindi spelling फ़िरौन)
Declension[edit]
Declension of فرعون | ||
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singular | plural | |
direct | فِرْعَون (fir'aun) | فِرْعَون (fir'aun) |
oblique | فِرْعَون (fir'aun) | فِرْعَونوں (fir'aunō̃) |
vocative | فِرْعَون (fir'aun) | فِرْعَونو (fir'aunō) |
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
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