ورشان
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Arabic
Etymology
Borrowed from Aramaic וַרְשָׁאנָא / ܘܱܪܫܳܢܳܐ (waršānā, “wood pigeon”), from Akkadian 𒆜𒄷 (KASKALMUŠEN /uršānu/, “a kind of pigeon”), itself borrowed from Sumerian 𒆜𒄷 (KASKALMUŠEN /irsaĝ/, “pigeon”).
Pronunciation
Noun
وَرَشان • (warašān) m (plural وَراشِين (warāšīn) or وِرْشَان (wiršān))
- ringdove, wood pigeon (Columba palumbus)
- Hypernym: حَمَام (ḥamām)
Declension
Declension of noun وَرَشان (warašān)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | وَرَشان warašān |
الْوَرَشان al-warašān |
وَرَشان warašān |
| Nominative | وَرَشانٌ warašānun |
الْوَرَشانُ al-warašānu |
وَرَشانُ warašānu |
| Accusative | وَرَشانًا warašānan |
الْوَرَشانَ al-warašāna |
وَرَشانَ warašāna |
| Genitive | وَرَشانٍ warašānin |
الْوَرَشانِ al-warašāni |
وَرَشانِ warašāni |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | وَرَشانَيْن warašānayn |
الْوَرَشانَيْن al-warašānayn |
وَرَشانَيْ warašānay |
| Nominative | وَرَشانَانِ warašānāni |
الْوَرَشانَانِ al-warašānāni |
وَرَشانَا warašānā |
| Accusative | وَرَشانَيْنِ warašānayni |
الْوَرَشانَيْنِ al-warašānayni |
وَرَشانَيْ warašānay |
| Genitive | وَرَشانَيْنِ warašānayni |
الْوَرَشانَيْنِ al-warašānayni |
وَرَشانَيْ warašānay |
| Plural | basic broken plural diptote; basic broken plural triptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | وَراشِين; وِرْشَان warāšīn; wiršān |
الْوَراشِين; الْوِرْشَان al-warāšīn; al-wiršān |
وَراشِين; وِرْشَان warāšīn; wiršān |
| Nominative | وَراشِينُ; وِرْشَانٌ warāšīnu; wiršānun |
الْوَراشِينُ; الْوِرْشَانُ al-warāšīnu; al-wiršānu |
وَراشِينُ; وِرْشَانُ warāšīnu; wiršānu |
| Accusative | وَراشِينَ; وِرْشَانًا warāšīna; wiršānan |
الْوَراشِينَ; الْوِرْشَانَ al-warāšīna; al-wiršāna |
وَراشِينَ; وِرْشَانَ warāšīna; wiršāna |
| Genitive | وَراشِينَ; وِرْشَانٍ warāšīna; wiršānin |
الْوَراشِينِ; الْوِرْشَانِ al-warāšīni; al-wiršāni |
وَراشِينِ; وِرْشَانِ warāšīni; wiršāni |
Descendants
References
- Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 186b
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 118
- Freytag, Georg (1837) “ورشان”, 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 456a
- Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “ورشان”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 1520
- Sokoloff, Michael (2002) A Dictionary of Jewish Babylonian Aramaic of the Talmudic and Geonic periods, Ramat Gan: Bar Ilan University, page 97b
- Zimmern, Heinrich (1915) Akkadische Fremdwörter als Beweis für babylonischen Kultureinfluss (in German), Leipzig: A. Edelmann, page 51