ܦܪܥܘܢ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Etymology tree

Egyptian pr

Egyptian ꜥꜣ

Egyptian pr-ꜥꜣbor.

Biblical Hebrew פַּרְעֹהbor.

Koine Greek Φαραών (Pharaṓn)bor.

Classical Syriac ܦܪܥܘܢ

Borrowed from Koine Greek Φαραών (Pharaṓn) from Biblical Hebrew פַּרְעֹה (parʿōʰ), from Egyptian

(pr-ꜥꜣ, “great house”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [pɛrʕuːn]

Noun

ܦܪܥܘܢ • (perʿūn) m

pharaoh

Proper noun

ܦܪܥܘܢ • (perʿūn) m

Pharaoh

Descendants

→ Arabic: فِرْعَوْن (firʕawn)
- Hijazi Arabic: فرعون (firʕōn)
- Maltese: fergħun
- → Classical Persian: فِرْعَوْن (fir'awn)
  - Tajik: фиръавн (fir'avn)
  - → Bashkir: фирғәүен (firğəwen)
  - → Bengali: ফেরাউন (pheraun)
  - → Hindustani:
    Hindi: फ़िरौन (firaun)
    Urdu: فِرْعَون (fir'aun)
  - → Uzbek: firʼavn
- → Malay: firaun
- → Ottoman Turkish: فرعون (fir'avun)
  - Turkish: firavun
- → Swahili: firauni

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, page 417a
Payne Smith, Jessie (1903), A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 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, →ISBN, page 1248a