فرعون

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
  • IPA(key): /fir.ʕawn/
    • (Hijazi) IPA(key): /fir.ʕoːn/

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

Etymology

Borrowed from the Arabic فِرْعَوْن (firʕawn).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [fɪɾ.ʔäwn]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [fɪ.ɾäwn]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [fi.ɾäwn]

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فِرْعَوْن (firʕawn).

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /fɪɾ.(ʔ)ɔːn/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːn
  • Hyphenation: فِر‧عَون

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 [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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