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 • (firʕawn) m (plural فَرَاعِنَة (farāʕina))

1. pharaoh

Declension

Declension of noun فِرْعَوْن (firʕawn)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فِرْعَوْن firʕawn	الْفِرْعَوْن al-firʕawn	فِرْعَوْن firʕawn
Nominative	فِرْعَوْنٌ firʕawnun	الْفِرْعَوْنُ al-firʕawnu	فِرْعَوْنُ firʕawnu
Accusative	فِرْعَوْنًا firʕawnan	الْفِرْعَوْنَ al-firʕawna	فِرْعَوْنَ firʕawna
Genitive	فِرْعَوْنٍ firʕawnin	الْفِرْعَوْنِ al-firʕawni	فِرْعَوْنِ firʕawni
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فِرْعَوْنَيْن firʕawnayn	الْفِرْعَوْنَيْن al-firʕawnayn	فِرْعَوْنَيْ firʕawnay
Nominative	فِرْعَوْنَانِ firʕawnāni	الْفِرْعَوْنَانِ al-firʕawnāni	فِرْعَوْنَا firʕawnā
Accusative	فِرْعَوْنَيْنِ firʕawnayni	الْفِرْعَوْنَيْنِ al-firʕawnayni	فِرْعَوْنَيْ firʕawnay
Genitive	فِرْعَوْنَيْنِ firʕawnayni	الْفِرْعَوْنَيْنِ al-firʕawnayni	فِرْعَوْنَيْ firʕawnay
Plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَرَاعِنَة farāʕina	الْفَرَاعِنَة al-farāʕina	فَرَاعِنَة farāʕinat
Nominative	فَرَاعِنَةٌ farāʕinatun	الْفَرَاعِنَةُ al-farāʕinatu	فَرَاعِنَةُ farāʕinatu
Accusative	فَرَاعِنَةً farāʕinatan	الْفَرَاعِنَةَ al-farāʕinata	فَرَاعِنَةَ farāʕinata
Genitive	فَرَاعِنَةٍ farāʕinatin	الْفَرَاعِنَةِ al-farāʕinati	فَرَاعِنَةِ farāʕinati

Descendants

• Bashkir: фирғәүен (firğəwen)
• 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 (firʕawn).

Noun

Dari	فرعون
Iranian Persian
Tajik	фиръавн

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

1. pharaoh

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from the Arabic فِرْعَوْن (firʕawn).

Noun

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

1. pharaoh