سرطان

Arabic

سَرَطَان

Alternative forms

  • سَلْطَعَان (salṭaʿān), سَلْعَطَان (salʿaṭān), زَلْعَطَان (zalʿaṭān), سَرْطَعَان (sarṭaʿān), سَلْطَعُون (salṭaʿūn), سَرْطَعُون (sarṭaʿūn) dialect forms

Etymology

Compare Classical Syriac ܣܪܛܢܐ (sarṭānā). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

سَرَطَان (saraṭān) m (plural سَرَطَانَات (saraṭānāt) or سَرَاطِين (sarāṭīn))

  1. crab
    السَّرَطَان (as-saraṭān, Cancer (sign of the zodiac))
    سَرَطَان بَحْرِيّ (saraṭān baḥriyy, lobster)
  2. (medicine) cancer, carcinoma
  3. the fourth solar month (June to July, Saudi Arabia)

Declension

Descendants

  • Middle Armenian: սարատան (saratan), սարատայն (saratayn), սարաթան (saratʿan)
  • Persian: سرطان (saratân)

References


Persian

Etymology

From Arabic سَرَطَان (saraṭān).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [særætɒːn]

Noun

Dari Persian سرطان
Iranian Persian سرطان
Tajiki Persian саратон (saraton)

سرطان (saratân)

  1. (medicine) cancer, carcinoma
  2. crab (crustaceans)

Derived terms

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