دخان

Arabic

Etymology

Attested since 475 CE, according to the Doha Dictionary.

Has been hypothesized to be borrowed from Middle Persian *dūd xān or *dūd xānag[1] continued[2] in Dari دود خانه (dūd-xāna, “smoke-room, the compartment of a house below a chimney; family, house, = دودمان (dūdmān)”).

Root
د خ ن (d-ḵ-n)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /du.xaːn/, /dux.xaːn/
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Noun

دُخَان or دُخَّان • (duḵān or duḵḵān) m (plural أَدْخِنَة (ʔadḵina) or دَوَاخِن (dawāḵin) or دَوَاخِين (dawāḵīn))

  1. smoke
  2. steam
  3. tobacco
  4. (obsolete) evil, mischief
  5. (obsolete) dearth, drought, sterility, unfruitfulness, hunger

Declension
Declension of noun دُخَان (duḵān)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal دُخَان
duḵān		 الدُّخَان
ad-duḵān		 دُخَان
duḵān
Nominative دُخَانٌ
duḵānun		 الدُّخَانُ
ad-duḵānu		 دُخَانُ
duḵānu
Accusative دُخَانًا
duḵānan		 الدُّخَانَ
ad-duḵāna		 دُخَانَ
duḵāna
Genitive دُخَانٍ
duḵānin		 الدُّخَانِ
ad-duḵāni		 دُخَانِ
duḵāni
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal دُخَانَيْن
duḵānayn		 الدُّخَانَيْن
ad-duḵānayn		 دُخَانَيْ
duḵānay
Nominative دُخَانَانِ
duḵānāni		 الدُّخَانَانِ
ad-duḵānāni		 دُخَانَا
duḵānā
Accusative دُخَانَيْنِ
duḵānayni		 الدُّخَانَيْنِ
ad-duḵānayni		 دُخَانَيْ
duḵānay
Genitive دُخَانَيْنِ
duḵānayni		 الدُّخَانَيْنِ
ad-duḵānayni		 دُخَانَيْ
duḵānay
Plural broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)‎; basic broken plural diptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal أَدْخِنَة‎; دَوَاخِن‎; دَوَاخِين
ʔadḵina‎; dawāḵin‎; dawāḵīn		 الْأَدْخِنَة‎; الدَّوَاخِن‎; الدَّوَاخِين
al-ʔadḵina‎; ad-dawāḵin‎; ad-dawāḵīn		 أَدْخِنَة‎; دَوَاخِن‎; دَوَاخِين
ʔadḵinat‎; dawāḵin‎; dawāḵīn
Nominative أَدْخِنَةٌ‎; دَوَاخِنُ‎; دَوَاخِينُ
ʔadḵinatun‎; dawāḵinu‎; dawāḵīnu		 الْأَدْخِنَةُ‎; الدَّوَاخِنُ‎; الدَّوَاخِينُ
al-ʔadḵinatu‎; ad-dawāḵinu‎; ad-dawāḵīnu		 أَدْخِنَةُ‎; دَوَاخِنُ‎; دَوَاخِينُ
ʔadḵinatu‎; dawāḵinu‎; dawāḵīnu
Accusative أَدْخِنَةً‎; دَوَاخِنَ‎; دَوَاخِينَ
ʔadḵinatan‎; dawāḵina‎; dawāḵīna		 الْأَدْخِنَةَ‎; الدَّوَاخِنَ‎; الدَّوَاخِينَ
al-ʔadḵinata‎; ad-dawāḵina‎; ad-dawāḵīna		 أَدْخِنَةَ‎; دَوَاخِنَ‎; دَوَاخِينَ
ʔadḵinata‎; dawāḵina‎; dawāḵīna
Genitive أَدْخِنَةٍ‎; دَوَاخِنَ‎; دَوَاخِينَ
ʔadḵinatin‎; dawāḵina‎; dawāḵīna		 الْأَدْخِنَةِ‎; الدَّوَاخِنِ‎; الدَّوَاخِينِ
al-ʔadḵinati‎; ad-dawāḵini‎; ad-dawāḵīni		 أَدْخِنَةِ‎; دَوَاخِنِ‎; دَوَاخِينِ
ʔadḵinati‎; dawāḵini‎; dawāḵīni

Descendants

References
  1. Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 455
  2. Ahmad Ali Motamedi, Lennart Edelberg (1968) “A Kafir Goddess”, in Arts Asiatiques‎, volume 18, page 18 of 3–21

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic دُخَان (duḵān).

Noun

دخان • (duhan)

  1. tobacco
    Synonym: توتون (tütün)
  2. smoke
    Synonyms: توتون (tütün), دومان (duman)

Descendants
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