فدان

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Arabic

فَدَّان

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic פַּדְּנׇא (paddənā), absolute state פַּדָּן (paddān), Classical Syriac ܦܰܕܳܢܳܐ (paddānā), having the same glosses, also Hebrew פַּדָּן (paddān). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

Noun

فَدَّان • (faddān) m (plural فَدَادِين (fadādīn)) (dialectal)

  1. yoke of oxen
  2. plough

Declension

Declension of noun فَدَّان (faddān)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal فَدَّان
faddān 		الْفَدَّان
al-faddān 		فَدَّان
faddān
Nominative فَدَّانٌ
faddānun 		الْفَدَّانُ
al-faddānu 		فَدَّانُ
faddānu
Accusative فَدَّانًا
faddānan 		الْفَدَّانَ
al-faddāna 		فَدَّانَ
faddāna
Genitive فَدَّانٍ
faddānin 		الْفَدَّانِ
al-faddāni 		فَدَّانِ
faddāni
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal فَدَّانَيْن
faddānayn 		الْفَدَّانَيْن
al-faddānayn 		فَدَّانَيْ
faddānay
Nominative فَدَّانَانِ
faddānāni 		الْفَدَّانَانِ
al-faddānāni 		فَدَّانَا
faddānā
Accusative فَدَّانَيْنِ
faddānayni 		الْفَدَّانَيْنِ
al-faddānayni 		فَدَّانَيْ
faddānay
Genitive فَدَّانَيْنِ
faddānayni 		الْفَدَّانَيْنِ
al-faddānayni 		فَدَّانَيْ
faddānay
Plural basic broken plural diptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal فَدَادِين
fadādīn 		الْفَدَادِين
al-fadādīn 		فَدَادِين
fadādīn
Nominative فَدَادِينُ
fadādīnu 		الْفَدَادِينُ
al-fadādīnu 		فَدَادِينُ
fadādīnu
Accusative فَدَادِينَ
fadādīna 		الْفَدَادِينَ
al-fadādīna 		فَدَادِينَ
fadādīna
Genitive فَدَادِينَ
fadādīna 		الْفَدَادِينِ
al-fadādīni 		فَدَادِينِ
fadādīni
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Noun

فَدَّان • (faddān) m (plural أَفْدِنَة (ʔafdina)) (obsolete)

  1. a square measure, acre, feddan, fluctuating highly in size by region and time
    تَرَكَ جَدُّنَا، بَعْدَ مَوْتِهِ، سِتَّةَ أَفْدِنَةٍ. ― taraka jaddunā, baʕda mawtihi, sittata ʔafdinatin. ― Our grandfather left six acres after he had died.

Declension

Declension of noun فَدَّان (faddān)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal فَدَّان
faddān 		الْفَدَّان
al-faddān 		فَدَّان
faddān
Nominative فَدَّانٌ
faddānun 		الْفَدَّانُ
al-faddānu 		فَدَّانُ
faddānu
Accusative فَدَّانًا
faddānan 		الْفَدَّانَ
al-faddāna 		فَدَّانَ
faddāna
Genitive فَدَّانٍ
faddānin 		الْفَدَّانِ
al-faddāni 		فَدَّانِ
faddāni
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal فَدَّانَيْن
faddānayn 		الْفَدَّانَيْن
al-faddānayn 		فَدَّانَيْ
faddānay
Nominative فَدَّانَانِ
faddānāni 		الْفَدَّانَانِ
al-faddānāni 		فَدَّانَا
faddānā
Accusative فَدَّانَيْنِ
faddānayni 		الْفَدَّانَيْنِ
al-faddānayni 		فَدَّانَيْ
faddānay
Genitive فَدَّانَيْنِ
faddānayni 		الْفَدَّانَيْنِ
al-faddānayni 		فَدَّانَيْ
faddānay
Plural broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal أَفْدِنَة
ʔafdina 		الْأَفْدِنَة
al-ʔafdina 		أَفْدِنَة
ʔafdinat
Nominative أَفْدِنَةٌ
ʔafdinatun 		الْأَفْدِنَةُ
al-ʔafdinatu 		أَفْدِنَةُ
ʔafdinatu
Accusative أَفْدِنَةً
ʔafdinatan 		الْأَفْدِنَةَ
al-ʔafdinata 		أَفْدِنَةَ
ʔafdinata
Genitive أَفْدِنَةٍ
ʔafdinatin 		الْأَفْدِنَةِ
al-ʔafdinati 		أَفْدِنَةِ
ʔafdinati

References

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek φυτόν (phutón).

Noun

فدان • (fidan)

  1. any young plant, particularly if raised by a gardener; sapling

Related terms

  • فیده (fide, “seedling plant for planting out”)

Descendants

Further reading

  • Alkayış, Fatih (2019) “fidan”, in Türkiye Türkçesinde bitki adları [Plant Names in Turkish of Turkey] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Hiperlink Yayınları, page 251
  • Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “fidan”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume II, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1587
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “فدان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 888
  • Kerestedjian, Bedros (1912) “fidan”, in Kerest Haig, editor, Quelques matériaux pour un dictionnaire étymologique de la langue Turque (in French), London: Luzac & Co., page 245
  • Meyer, Gustav (1893) “Türkische Studien. I. Die griechischen und romanischen Bestandtheile im Wortschatze des Osmanisch-Türkischen”, in Sitzungsberichte der philosophisch-historischen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften (in German), volume 128, Wien: In Commission bei F. Tempsky, page 30, deriving from φυτάνη (phutánē), but this seems a very rare word
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “fidan”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “فدان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1369
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