دخان
Arabic
Etymology
Attested since 475 CE, according to the Doha Dictionary.
Has been hypothesized to be borrowed from Middle Persian *dūd xān or *dūd xānag[1] continued[2] in Dari دود خانه (dūd-xāna, “smoke-room, the compartment of a house below a chimney; family, house, = دودمان (dūdmān)”).
| Root |
|---|
| د خ ن (d ḵ n) |
| 5 terms |
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /du.xaːn/, /dux.xaːn/
Noun
دُخَان or دُخَّان • (duḵān or duḵḵān) m (plural أَدْخِنَة (ʔadḵina) or دَوَاخِن (dawāḵin) or دَوَاخِين (dawāḵīn))
- smoke
- steam
- tobacco
- (obsolete) evil, mischief
- (obsolete) dearth, drought, sterility, unfruitfulness, hunger
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | دُخَان duḵān |
الدُّخَان ad-duḵān |
دُخَان duḵān |
| nominative | دُخَانٌ duḵānun |
الدُّخَانُ ad-duḵānu |
دُخَانُ duḵānu |
| accusative | دُخَانًا duḵānan |
الدُّخَانَ ad-duḵāna |
دُخَانَ duḵāna |
| genitive | دُخَانٍ duḵānin |
الدُّخَانِ ad-duḵāni |
دُخَانِ duḵāni |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | دُخَانَيْن duḵānayn |
الدُّخَانَيْن ad-duḵānayn |
دُخَانَيْ duḵānay |
| nominative | دُخَانَانِ duḵānāni |
الدُّخَانَانِ ad-duḵānāni |
دُخَانَا duḵānā |
| accusative | دُخَانَيْنِ duḵānayni |
الدُّخَانَيْنِ ad-duḵānayni |
دُخَانَيْ duḵānay |
| genitive | دُخَانَيْنِ duḵānayni |
الدُّخَانَيْنِ ad-duḵānayni |
دُخَانَيْ duḵānay |
| plural | broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a); basic broken plural diptote | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | أَدْخِنَة; دَوَاخِن; دَوَاخِين ʔadḵina; dawāḵin; dawāḵīn |
الْأَدْخِنَة; الدَّوَاخِن; الدَّوَاخِين al-ʔadḵina; ad-dawāḵin; ad-dawāḵīn |
أَدْخِنَة; دَوَاخِن; دَوَاخِين ʔadḵinat; dawāḵin; dawāḵīn |
| nominative | أَدْخِنَةٌ; دَوَاخِنُ; دَوَاخِينُ ʔadḵinatun; dawāḵinu; dawāḵīnu |
الْأَدْخِنَةُ; الدَّوَاخِنُ; الدَّوَاخِينُ al-ʔadḵinatu; ad-dawāḵinu; ad-dawāḵīnu |
أَدْخِنَةُ; دَوَاخِنُ; دَوَاخِينُ ʔadḵinatu; dawāḵinu; dawāḵīnu |
| accusative | أَدْخِنَةً; دَوَاخِنَ; دَوَاخِينَ ʔadḵinatan; dawāḵina; dawāḵīna |
الْأَدْخِنَةَ; الدَّوَاخِنَ; الدَّوَاخِينَ al-ʔadḵinata; ad-dawāḵina; ad-dawāḵīna |
أَدْخِنَةَ; دَوَاخِنَ; دَوَاخِينَ ʔadḵinata; dawāḵina; dawāḵīna |
| genitive | أَدْخِنَةٍ; دَوَاخِنَ; دَوَاخِينَ ʔadḵinatin; dawāḵina; dawāḵīna |
الْأَدْخِنَةِ; الدَّوَاخِنِ; الدَّوَاخِينِ al-ʔadḵinati; ad-dawāḵini; ad-dawāḵīni |
أَدْخِنَةِ; دَوَاخِنِ; دَوَاخِينِ ʔadḵinati; dawāḵini; dawāḵīni |
Descendants
References
- ^ Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 455
- ^ Ahmad Ali Motamedi, Lennart Edelberg (1968) “A Kafir Goddess”, in Arts Asiatiques[1], volume 18, page 18 of 3–21
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Noun
دخان • (duhan)