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فرعون

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Arabic

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Etymology

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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

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Proper noun

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فِرْعَوْن (firʕawnm

  1. (without article) Pharaoh

Declension

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Noun

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فِرْعَوْن (firʕawnm (plural فَرَاعِنَة (farāʕina))

  1. a pharaoh (an ancient Egyptian ruler)

Declension

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Descendants

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References

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  • 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

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Hijazi Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic فِرْعَوْن (firʕawn).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /fir.ʕoːn/, [fɪr.ʕo̞ːn]

Noun

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فرعون (firʕōnm (plural فراعنة (farāʕna))

  1. pharaoh

Kohistani Shina

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Noun

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فرعون (fir'on)

  1. pharaoh

Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic فِرْعَوْن (firʕawn, pharaoh), probably from Classical Syriac ܦܹܪܥܘܼܢ (pɛrʕūn).

Noun

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فرعون (firʼavun) (definite accusative فرعونی (firʼavunu), plural فرعونلر (firʼavunlar))

  1. (historical) pharaoh, the supreme ruler of Ancient Egypt and the intermediary between the gods and the people

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Further reading

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Persian

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Persian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed from the Arabic فِرْعَوْن (firʕawn).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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Dari فرعون
Iranian Persian
Tajik фиръавн

فرعون (fer'own) (plural فراعنه (farâ'ene) or فرعون‌ها (fer'own-hâ))

  1. pharaoh

Urdu

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Urdu Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic فِرْعَوْن (firʕawn).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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فرعون (fir‘aunm (formal plural فراعنہ, Hindi spelling फ़िरौन)

  1. pharaoh

Declension

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

Descendants

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References

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  • 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.