بركان

Arabic

Etymology 1

From Sicilian vurcanu, from Latin Vulcānus, absorbed after the Arab invasion in Sicily.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bur.kaːn/
- (Gulf) IPA^(key): /bʊr.kaːn/
- (Moroccan) IPA^(key): /bur.kaːn/

Noun

بُرْكَان • (burkān) m (plural بَرَاكِين (barākīn))

volcano
Synonym: (dated) جَبَل النَّار (jabal an-nār)

Declension

Declension of noun **بُرْكَان** (burkān)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	بُرْكَان burkān	الْبُرْكَان al-burkān	بُرْكَان burkān
nominative	بُرْكَانٌ burkānun	الْبُرْكَانُ al-burkānu	بُرْكَانُ burkānu
accusative	بُرْكَانًا burkānan	الْبُرْكَانَ al-burkāna	بُرْكَانَ burkāna
genitive	بُرْكَانٍ burkānin	الْبُرْكَانِ al-burkāni	بُرْكَانِ burkāni
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	بُرْكَانَيْن burkānayn	الْبُرْكَانَيْن al-burkānayn	بُرْكَانَيْ burkānay
nominative	بُرْكَانَانِ burkānāni	الْبُرْكَانَانِ al-burkānāni	بُرْكَانَا burkānā
accusative	بُرْكَانَيْنِ burkānayni	الْبُرْكَانَيْنِ al-burkānayni	بُرْكَانَيْ burkānay
genitive	بُرْكَانَيْنِ burkānayni	الْبُرْكَانَيْنِ al-burkānayni	بُرْكَانَيْ burkānay
plural	basic broken plural diptote
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	بَرَاكِين barākīn	الْبَرَاكِين al-barākīn	بَرَاكِين barākīn
nominative	بَرَاكِينُ barākīnu	الْبَرَاكِينُ al-barākīnu	بَرَاكِينُ barākīnu
accusative	بَرَاكِينَ barākīna	الْبَرَاكِينَ al-barākīna	بَرَاكِينَ barākīna
genitive	بَرَاكِينَ barākīna	الْبَرَاكِينِ al-barākīni	بَرَاكِينِ barākīni

Derived terms

بُرْكَانِيّ (burkāniyy, “volcanic”)

Descendants

Gulf Arabic: بركان (burkān)
Hijazi Arabic: بركان (burkān)

Etymology 2

Classical Persian (parnagān, parnigān), (parandigān), from Middle Persian [script needed] (parniyān). Suffixed to (parand), (paranda) which gave the fabric-name فِرِنْد (firind).

Alternative forms

بَرَنْكَان (barankān), بَرَّكَانِيّ (barrakāniyy), بَرَنْكَانِيّ (barankāniyy)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bar.ra.kaːn/

Noun

بَرَّكَان • (barrakān) m (plural بَرَّكَانَات (barrakānāt))

a kind of rougher camlet used for clothing items

Declension

Declension of noun **بَرَّكَان** (barrakān)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	بَرَّكَان barrakān	الْبَرَّكَان al-barrakān	بَرَّكَان barrakān
nominative	بَرَّكَانٌ barrakānun	الْبَرَّكَانُ al-barrakānu	بَرَّكَانُ barrakānu
accusative	بَرَّكَانًا barrakānan	الْبَرَّكَانَ al-barrakāna	بَرَّكَانَ barrakāna
genitive	بَرَّكَانٍ barrakānin	الْبَرَّكَانِ al-barrakāni	بَرَّكَانِ barrakāni
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	بَرَّكَانَيْن barrakānayn	الْبَرَّكَانَيْن al-barrakānayn	بَرَّكَانَيْ barrakānay
nominative	بَرَّكَانَانِ barrakānāni	الْبَرَّكَانَانِ al-barrakānāni	بَرَّكَانَا barrakānā
accusative	بَرَّكَانَيْنِ barrakānayni	الْبَرَّكَانَيْنِ al-barrakānayni	بَرَّكَانَيْ barrakānay
genitive	بَرَّكَانَيْنِ barrakānayni	الْبَرَّكَانَيْنِ al-barrakānayni	بَرَّكَانَيْ barrakānay
plural	sound feminine plural
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	بَرَّكَانَات barrakānāt	الْبَرَّكَانَات al-barrakānāt	بَرَّكَانَات barrakānāt
nominative	بَرَّكَانَاتٌ barrakānātun	الْبَرَّكَانَاتُ al-barrakānātu	بَرَّكَانَاتُ barrakānātu
accusative	بَرَّكَانَاتٍ barrakānātin	الْبَرَّكَانَاتِ al-barrakānāti	بَرَّكَانَاتِ barrakānāti
genitive	بَرَّكَانَاتٍ barrakānātin	الْبَرَّكَانَاتِ al-barrakānāti	بَرَّكَانَاتِ barrakānāti

Descendants

→ Catalan: barragà
→ Dutch: barkaan
→ English: barracan
→ Old French: barracan
- French: bouracan (secondarily related with bourre)
→ Middle High German: barchant, barchât, barchet, barkân
- German: Barchent, Barchet, Parchet, Barchend, Parchent, Parchend, Barchat, Parchat, Berkan
- → Russian: ба́рхат (bárxat)
→ Italian: baracane
→ Medieval Latin: barracanus
→ Occitan: barracan
→ Polish: barakan
→ Portuguese: barragana
→ Russian: бара́кан (barákan)
→ Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic script: бара̀ка̄н

Latin script: baràkān
→ Spanish: barragán
→ Venetan: baracan

Etymology 3

From Tarifit ⴰⴱⴻⵔⴽⴰⵏ (aberkan, “black”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bar.kaːn/

Proper noun

بَرْكَان • (barkān) f

Berkane (a city in Oriental, Morocco)

Declension

Declension of noun **بَرْكَان** (barkān)
singular	basic singular diptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	—	بَرْكَان barkān	—
nominative	—	بَرْكَانُ barkānu	—
accusative	—	بَرْكَانَ barkāna	—
genitive	—	بَرْكَانَ barkāna	—

References

Corriente, F. (1997) A Dictionary of Andalusi Arabic (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East; 29)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 48
Dold-Ghadar, Gabriele (2016) Pers–Andalus. Iranische Kulturdenkmäler in „al-Andalus al-aqṣā“. Bewertung der Forschungsergebnisse für das 8.–12. Jahrhundert (Islamkundliche Untersuchungen; 330)‎^[2] (in German), Berlin: Klaus Schwarz Verlag, →DOI, page 219
Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1845) Dictionnaire détaillé des noms des vêtements chez les arabes‎^[3] (in French), Amsterdam: Jean Müller, →DOI, pages 68–71
Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “بركان”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[4] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 76

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic بُرْكَان (burkān).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /burˈkaːn/, [bʊr.kaːn]

Noun

بركان • (burkān) m (plural براكين (barākīn))

volcano