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 ܦܶܪܥܽܘܢ‎ (perʿūn).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fir.ʕawn/

Noun

فِرْعَوْن • (firʿawn) m (plural فَرَاعِنَة‎ (farāʿina))

pharaoh

Declension

Declension of noun فِرْعَوْن (firʿawn)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فِرْعَوْن firʿawn	الْفِرْعَوْن‎ al-firʿawn	فِرْعَوْن firʿawn
Nominative	فِرْعَوْنٌ firʿawnun	الْفِرْعَوْنُ‎ al-firʿawnu	فِرْعَوْنُ firʿawnu
Accusative	فِرْعَوْنًا‎ firʿawnan	الْفِرْعَوْنَ‎ al-firʿawna	فِرْعَوْنَ firʿawna
Genitive	فِرْعَوْنٍ firʿawnin	الْفِرْعَوْنِ‎ al-firʿawni	فِرْعَوْنِ firʿawni
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فِرْعَوْنَيْن‎ firʿawnayn	الْفِرْعَوْنَيْن‎ al-firʿawnayn	فِرْعَوْنَيْ‎ firʿawnay
Nominative	فِرْعَوْنَانِ‎ firʿawnāni	الْفِرْعَوْنَانِ‎ al-firʿawnāni	فِرْعَوْنَا‎ firʿawnā
Accusative	فِرْعَوْنَيْنِ‎ firʿawnayni	الْفِرْعَوْنَيْنِ‎ al-firʿawnayni	فِرْعَوْنَيْ‎ firʿawnay
Genitive	فِرْعَوْنَيْنِ‎ firʿawnayni	الْفِرْعَوْنَيْنِ‎ al-firʿawnayni	فِرْعَوْنَيْ‎ firʿawnay
Plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَرَاعِنَة‎ farāʿina	الْفَرَاعِنَة‎ al-farāʿina	فَرَاعِنَة‎ farāʿinat
Nominative	فَرَاعِنَةٌ‎ farāʿinatun	الْفَرَاعِنَةُ‎ al-farāʿinatu	فَرَاعِنَةُ‎ farāʿinatu
Accusative	فَرَاعِنَةً‎ farāʿinatan	الْفَرَاعِنَةَ‎ al-farāʿinata	فَرَاعِنَةَ‎ farāʿinata
Genitive	فَرَاعِنَةٍ‎ farāʿinatin	الْفَرَاعِنَةِ‎ al-farāʿinati	فَرَاعِنَةِ‎ farāʿinati

Declension of proper noun فِرْعَوْن (firʿawn)

Singular	basic singular diptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	فِرْعَوْن firʿawn	—
Nominative	—	فِرْعَوْنُ firʿawnu	—
Accusative	—	فِرْعَوْنَ firʿawna	—
Genitive	—	فِرْعَوْنَ firʿawna	—

Descendants

Bashkir: фирғәүен (firğäwen)
Malay: firaun
Swahili: firauni
Turkish: firavun
Uzbek: firʼavn

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

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from the Arabic فِرْعَوْن‎ (firʿawn).

Noun

Dari Persian	فرعون‎
Iranian Persian	فرعون‎
Tajiki Persian	фиръавн (firʾavn)

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

pharaoh

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from the Arabic فِرْعَوْن‎ (firʿawn).

Noun

فرعون • (fir'aun) m (plural فراعنہ, Hindi spelling फ़िरौन)
فرعون • (fir'aun) m (plural فرعونوں, Hindi spelling फ़िरौन)

pharaoh

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