بلان

Arabic

Etymology

From Aramaic בַּלָּנָא /‎ ܒܰܠܳܢܳܐ (ballānā), from Ancient Greek βᾰλᾰνεύς (balaneús) or βᾰλᾰνεῖον (balaneîon).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bal.laːn/

Noun

بَلَّان (ballān) m (plural بَلَّانُون (ballānūn), feminine بَلَّانَة (ballāna))

  1. barber surgeon, bath-man
  2. Sarcopoterium

Declension

References

  • bln”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 258
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