يرقان

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Arabic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Aramaic יַרקָאנָא / ܝܰܪܩܳܢܳܐ (yarqānā). Contaminated in Arabic with the root ء ر ق (ʔ-r-q) related to sleeplessness.

Noun

يَرَقَان (yaraqānm

  1. mildew (plant disease), blight
  2. jaundice

Declension

Noun

يَرَقَان (yaraqānm (collective, singulative يَرَقَانَة f (yaraqāna) or يَرَقَة (yaraqa), paucal يَرَقَانَات (yaraqānāt) or يَرَقَات (yaraqāt))

  1. (colloquial) larvae

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

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References

  • yrqn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 149–150
  • Freytag, Georg (1830) “أُرَاق”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 27
  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “يرقان”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 518
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “يرقان”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 50
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “يرقان”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1446