ثيران

Arabic

FWOTD – 14 January 2024

Etymology 1

Transliteration of Old Armenian ծիրան (ciran).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /θiː.raːn/

Noun

ثِيرَان • (ṯīrān) m

(obsolete, uncommon) apricot
Synonym: مِشْمِش (mišmiš)
- c. 910, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Faqīh al-Hamaḏānī, Kitāb al-Buldān‎^[1]:
  وَلَهُمُ ٱلثِّيرَانُ ٱلْأَرْمِينِيَّةُ، وَٱلشَّاهْ بَلُّوطُ، وَٱلْخَلَنْجُ ٱلْكَثِيرُ، وَيَتَّخِذُونَ مِنْهُ عَجَائِبَ.
  walahumu ṯ-ṯīrānu l-ʔarmīniyyatu, waš-šāh ballūṭu, wal-ḵalanju l-kaṯīru, wayattaḵiḏūna minhu ʕajāʔiba.
  And they have Armenian apricot, chestnut, and much heather, and they obtain miracles from it.

Declension

Declension of noun **ثِيرَان** (ṯīrān)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	ثِيرَان ṯīrān	الثِّيرَان aṯ-ṯīrān	ثِيرَان ṯīrān
nominative	ثِيرَانٌ ṯīrānun	الثِّيرَانُ aṯ-ṯīrānu	ثِيرَانُ ṯīrānu
accusative	ثِيرَانًا ṯīrānan	الثِّيرَانَ aṯ-ṯīrāna	ثِيرَانَ ṯīrāna
genitive	ثِيرَانٍ ṯīrānin	الثِّيرَانِ aṯ-ṯīrāni	ثِيرَانِ ṯīrāni

Etymology 2

Noun

ثِيرَان • (ṯīrān) m pl

plural of ثَوْر (ṯawr)

Hijazi Arabic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /θiː.raːn/, /tiː.raːn/

Noun

ثيران • (tīrān or ṯīrān) pl

plural of ثور (tōr)