بركان

Arabic

بُرْكَان

Etymology 1

From Sicilian vurcanu, from Latin Vulcānus, absorbed after the Arab invasion in Sicily.

Pronunciation

Noun

بُرْكَان • (burkān) m (plural بَرَاكِين (barākīn))

  1. volcano
    Synonym: (dated) جَبَل النَّار (jabal an-nār)
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Gulf Arabic: بركان (burkān)
  • Hijazi Arabic: بركان (burkān)

Etymology 2

Classical Persian پرنگان (parnagān, parnigān), پرندگان (parandigān), from Middle Persian [script needed] (parniyān). Suffixed to پرند (parand), پرنده (paranda) which gave the fabric-name فِرِنْد (firind).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bar.ra.kaːn/

Noun

بَرَّكَان • (barrakān) m (plural بَرَّكَانَات (barrakānāt))

  1. a kind of rougher camlet used for clothing items
Declension
Descendants

Etymology 3

From Tarifit ⴰⴱⴻⵔⴽⴰⵏ (aberkan, black).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bar.kaːn/

Proper noun

بَرْكَان • (barkān) f

  1. Berkane (a city in Oriental, Morocco)
Declension

References

  • Corriente, F. (1997) A Dictionary of Andalusi Arabic (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East; 29), Leiden, New York, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 48
  • Dold-Ghadar, Gabriele (2016) Pers–Andalus. Iranische Kulturdenkmäler in „al-Andalus al-aqṣā“. Bewertung der Forschungsergebnisse für das 8.–12. Jahrhundert (Islamkundliche Untersuchungen; 330) (in German), Berlin: Klaus Schwarz Verlag, →DOI, page 219
  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1845) Dictionnaire détaillé des noms des vêtements chez les arabes (in French), Amsterdam: Jean Müller, pages 68–71
  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “بركان”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 76

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic بُرْكَان (burkān).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /burˈkaːn/, [bʊr.kaːn]

Noun

بركان • (burkān) m (plural براكين (barākīn))

  1. volcano
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