ܦܪܥܘܢ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Via alternative Koine Greek Φαραών (Pharaṓn) from Biblical Hebrew פַּרְעֹה (parʿōʰ), from Egyptian pr-ꜥꜣ (“great house”),

from pr (“house”) + ꜥꜣ (“big”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɛrʕuːn]

Noun

ܦܪܥܘܢ • (perʿūn) m

1. pharaoh

Proper noun

ܦܪܥܘܢ • (perʿūn) m

1. Pharaoh

Descendants

• → Arabic: فِرْعَوْن (firʕawn)
  • Hijazi Arabic: فرعون (firʕōn)
  • Maltese: fergħun
  • → Bashkir: фирғәүен (firğəwen)
  • → Bengali: ফেরাউন (pheraun)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: फ़िरौन (firaun)

    Urdu: فرعون (firaun)

  • → Malay: firaun
  • → Ottoman Turkish: فرعون (firʼavun)
    • Turkish: firavun
  • → Persian: فرعون (fer'own)
  • → Swahili: firauni
  • → Tajik: фиръавн (firʾavn)
  • → Uzbek: firʼavn

References

• “prˁwn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 417a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 463b
• Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, p. 1248a