لسان

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ل س ن (l-s-n). From Proto-Semitic *lišān-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li.saːn/

• Audio:

  (file)

• IPA^(key): /lsaːn/

Noun

لِسَان • (lisān) m or f (plural أَلْسِنَة (ʔalsina) or أَلْسُن (ʔalsun))

1. (anatomy) tongue
2. (metonymically) language

   Synonyms: لُغَة (luḡa), مَنْطِق (manṭiq)

Declension

Declension of noun لِسَان (lisān)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لِسَان lisān	اللِّسَان al-lisān	لِسَان lisān
Nominative	لِسَانٌ lisānun	اللِّسَانُ al-lisānu	لِسَانُ lisānu
Accusative	لِسَانًا lisānan	اللِّسَانَ al-lisāna	لِسَانَ lisāna
Genitive	لِسَانٍ lisānin	اللِّسَانِ al-lisāni	لِسَانِ lisāni
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لِسَانَيْن lisānayn	اللِّسَانَيْن al-lisānayn	لِسَانَيْ lisānay
Nominative	لِسَانَانِ lisānāni	اللِّسَانَانِ al-lisānāni	لِسَانَا lisānā
Accusative	لِسَانَيْنِ lisānayni	اللِّسَانَيْنِ al-lisānayni	لِسَانَيْ lisānay
Genitive	لِسَانَيْنِ lisānayni	اللِّسَانَيْنِ al-lisānayni	لِسَانَيْ lisānay
Plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)‎; basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَلْسِنَة‎; أَلْسُن ʔalsina‎; ʔalsun	الْأَلْسِنَة‎; الْأَلْسُن al-ʔalsina‎; al-ʔalsun	أَلْسِنَة‎; أَلْسُن ʔalsinat‎; ʔalsun
Nominative	أَلْسِنَةٌ‎; أَلْسُنٌ ʔalsinatun‎; ʔalsunun	الْأَلْسِنَةُ‎; الْأَلْسُنُ al-ʔalsinatu‎; al-ʔalsunu	أَلْسِنَةُ‎; أَلْسُنُ ʔalsinatu‎; ʔalsunu
Accusative	أَلْسِنَةً‎; أَلْسُنًا ʔalsinatan‎; ʔalsunan	الْأَلْسِنَةَ‎; الْأَلْسُنَ al-ʔalsinata‎; al-ʔalsuna	أَلْسِنَةَ‎; أَلْسُنَ ʔalsinata‎; ʔalsuna
Genitive	أَلْسِنَةٍ‎; أَلْسُنٍ ʔalsinatin‎; ʔalsunin	الْأَلْسِنَةِ‎; الْأَلْسُنِ al-ʔalsinati‎; al-ʔalsuni	أَلْسِنَةِ‎; أَلْسُنِ ʔalsinati‎; ʔalsuni

Derived terms

• لِسَانًا (lisānan, “orally, verbally”)
• لِسَانِيّ (lisāniyy, “oral, verbal”)
  • لِسَانِيَّات (lisāniyyāt, “linguistics”)

Related terms

• لَسِنَ (lasina)
• لَسَّنَ (lassana)

Descendants

• Azerbaijani: lisan
• Indonesian: lisan
• Turkish: lisan

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “لسن”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

---

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic لِسَان (lisān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liˈsaːn/

Noun

لِسان • (lisān) m (plural لُسُن ‎(lusun) or أَلْسِنة ‎(ʼalsina))

1. tongue

---

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic لِسَان (lisān).

Noun

لسان • (lisân)

1. language
2. tongue

Derived terms

• لسانجه (lisanca)

---

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic لِسَان (lisān).

Noun

لسان • (lisān) f (Hindi spelling लिसान)

1. (anatomy) tongue
2. language

Declension

Declension of لسان
	singular	plural
direct	لسان (lisān)	لسانیں (lisānẽ)
oblique	لسان (lisān)	لسانوں (lisānõ)
vocative	لسان (lisān)	لسانو (lisāno)

Synonyms

• (tongue): جیبھ (jebh) (jībh), زبان (zabān)
• (language): زبان (zabān), بھاشا (bhāśā) (bhāšā), بولی (bolī) (bolī)