فرعون

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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

Proper noun

فِرْعَوْن • (firʕawn) m

  1. (without article) Pharaoh

Declension

Declension of proper noun فِرْعَوْن (firʕawn)
Singular basic singular diptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal — فِرْعَوْن
firʕawn 		—
Nominative — فِرْعَوْنُ
firʕawnu 		—
Accusative — فِرْعَوْنَ
firʕawna 		—
Genitive — فِرْعَوْنَ
firʕawna 		—

Noun

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

  1. a pharaoh (an ancient Egyptian ruler)

Declension

Declension of noun فِرْعَوْن (firʕawn)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal فِرْعَوْن
firʕawn 		الْفِرْعَوْن
al-firʕawn 		فِرْعَوْن
firʕawn
Nominative فِرْعَوْنٌ
firʕawnun 		الْفِرْعَوْنُ
al-firʕawnu 		فِرْعَوْنُ
firʕawnu
Accusative فِرْعَوْنًا
firʕawnan 		الْفِرْعَوْنَ
al-firʕawna 		فِرْعَوْنَ
firʕawna
Genitive فِرْعَوْنٍ
firʕawnin 		الْفِرْعَوْنِ
al-firʕawni 		فِرْعَوْنِ
firʕawni
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal فِرْعَوْنَيْن
firʕawnayn 		الْفِرْعَوْنَيْن
al-firʕawnayn 		فِرْعَوْنَيْ
firʕawnay
Nominative فِرْعَوْنَانِ
firʕawnāni 		الْفِرْعَوْنَانِ
al-firʕawnāni 		فِرْعَوْنَا
firʕawnā
Accusative فِرْعَوْنَيْنِ
firʕawnayni 		الْفِرْعَوْنَيْنِ
al-firʕawnayni 		فِرْعَوْنَيْ
firʕawnay
Genitive فِرْعَوْنَيْنِ
firʕawnayni 		الْفِرْعَوْنَيْنِ
al-firʕawnayni 		فِرْعَوْنَيْ
firʕawnay
Plural broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal فَرَاعِنَة
farāʕina 		الْفَرَاعِنَة
al-farāʕina 		فَرَاعِنَة
farāʕinat
Nominative فَرَاعِنَةٌ
farāʕinatun 		الْفَرَاعِنَةُ
al-farāʕinatu 		فَرَاعِنَةُ
farāʕinatu
Accusative فَرَاعِنَةً
farāʕinatan 		الْفَرَاعِنَةَ
al-farāʕinata 		فَرَاعِنَةَ
farāʕinata
Genitive فَرَاعِنَةٍ
farāʕinatin 		الْفَرَاعِنَةِ
al-farāʕinati 		فَرَاعِنَةِ
farāʕinati

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

Persian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fa

Etymology

Borrowed from the Arabic فِرْعَوْن (firʕawn).

Pronunciation

 

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

Urdu Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ur

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فِرْعَوْن (firʕawn).

Pronunciation

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 , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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