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 ܦܹܪܥܘܼܢ (pɛrʕūn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fir.ʕawn/
    • (Hijazi) IPA(key): /fir.ʕoːn/

Proper noun

فِرْعَوْن • (firʕawn) m

  1. (without article) Pharaoh

Declension

Noun

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

  1. a pharaoh (an ancient Egyptian ruler)

Declension

Descendants

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

Further reading

Kohistani Shina

Noun

فرعون (fir'on)

  1. pharaoh

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from the Arabic فِرْعَوْن (firʕawn).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [fɪɾ.ʔäwn]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [fɪ.ɾäwn]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [fi.ɾäwn]

Readings
Classical reading? fir'awn
Dari reading? fir'awn
Iranian reading? fer'own
Tajik reading? firʾavn

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 Arabic فِرْعَوْن (firʕawn).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /fɪɾ.(ʔ)ɔːn/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːn
  • Hyphenation: فِر‧عَون

Noun

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

  1. pharaoh

Declension

Declension of فرعون
singular plural
direct فِرْعَون (fir'aun) فِرْعَون (fir'aun)
oblique فِرْعَون (fir'aun) فِرْعَونوں (fir'aunō̃)
vocative فِرْعَون (fir'aun) فِرْعَونو (fir'aunō)

Descendants

References

  • فرعون”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • فرعون”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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