سرطان

Arabic

Alternative forms

  • سَلْطَعُون (salṭaʕūn), سَلْطَعَان (salṭaʕān), سَلْعَطَان (salʕaṭān), زَلْعَطَان (zalʕaṭān), سَرْطَعَان (sarṭaʕān), سَرْطَعُون (sarṭaʕūn)

Etymology

Compare Classical Syriac ܣܪܛܢܐ (sarṭānā), and Hebrew סַרְטָן (sarṭā́n).

The medical sense is possibly a semantic loan from Ancient Greek καρκίνος (karkínos).

Pronunciation

  •  IPA(key): /sa.ra.tˤaːn/

Noun

سَرَطَان • (saraṭān) m (plural سَرَطَانَات (saraṭānāt) or سَرَاطِين (sarāṭīn))

  1. crab
    السَّرَطَان (as-saraṭān, “Cancer (sign of the zodiac)”)
    سَرَطَان بَحْرِيّ (saraṭān baḥriyy, “lobster”)
  2. (pathology, uncountable) cancer, carcinoma
  3. the fourth solar month (June to July, Saudi Arabia)

Declension

Declension of noun سَرَطَان (saraṭān)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal سَرَطَان
saraṭān 		السَّرَطَان
as-saraṭān 		سَرَطَان
saraṭān
nominative سَرَطَانٌ
saraṭānun 		السَّرَطَانُ
as-saraṭānu 		سَرَطَانُ
saraṭānu
accusative سَرَطَانًا
saraṭānan 		السَّرَطَانَ
as-saraṭāna 		سَرَطَانَ
saraṭāna
genitive سَرَطَانٍ
saraṭānin 		السَّرَطَانِ
as-saraṭāni 		سَرَطَانِ
saraṭāni
dual indefinite definite construct
informal سَرَطَانَيْن
saraṭānayn 		السَّرَطَانَيْن
as-saraṭānayn 		سَرَطَانَيْ
saraṭānay
nominative سَرَطَانَانِ
saraṭānāni 		السَّرَطَانَانِ
as-saraṭānāni 		سَرَطَانَا
saraṭānā
accusative سَرَطَانَيْنِ
saraṭānayni 		السَّرَطَانَيْنِ
as-saraṭānayni 		سَرَطَانَيْ
saraṭānay
genitive سَرَطَانَيْنِ
saraṭānayni 		السَّرَطَانَيْنِ
as-saraṭānayni 		سَرَطَانَيْ
saraṭānay
plural sound feminine plural‎;
basic broken plural diptote
indefinite definite construct
informal سَرَطَانَات‎; سَرَاطِين
saraṭānāt‎; sarāṭīn 		السَّرَطَانَات‎; السَّرَاطِين
as-saraṭānāt‎; as-sarāṭīn 		سَرَطَانَات‎; سَرَاطِين
saraṭānāt‎; sarāṭīn
nominative سَرَطَانَاتٌ‎; سَرَاطِينُ
saraṭānātun‎; sarāṭīnu 		السَّرَطَانَاتُ‎; السَّرَاطِينُ
as-saraṭānātu‎; as-sarāṭīnu 		سَرَطَانَاتُ‎; سَرَاطِينُ
saraṭānātu‎; sarāṭīnu
accusative سَرَطَانَاتٍ‎; سَرَاطِينَ
saraṭānātin‎; sarāṭīna 		السَّرَطَانَاتِ‎; السَّرَاطِينَ
as-saraṭānāti‎; as-sarāṭīna 		سَرَطَانَاتِ‎; سَرَاطِينَ
saraṭānāti‎; sarāṭīna
genitive سَرَطَانَاتٍ‎; سَرَاطِينَ
saraṭānātin‎; sarāṭīna 		السَّرَطَانَاتِ‎; السَّرَاطِينِ
as-saraṭānāti‎; as-sarāṭīni 		سَرَطَانَاتِ‎; سَرَاطِينِ
saraṭānāti‎; sarāṭīni

Descendants

  • → Spanish: zaratán
  • → Middle Armenian: սարատան (saratan), սարատայն (saratayn), սարաթան (saratʻan)
  • → Persian: سرطان (saratân)
  • → Swahili: saratani

References

Pashto

Noun

سرطان • (saratā́n) m

  1. crawfish, crayfish, crab
  2. (Medicine) cancer, carcinoma
  3. (Astrology) Cancer (the constellation), saratan (fourth month of the solar calendar)

References

  • Pashtoon, Zeeya A. (2009) “سرطان”, in Pashto–English Dictionary, Hyattsville: Dunwoody Press
  • “سرطان”, in Pashto Dictionary, Peshawar, Pakistan: Pukhtoogle, 2020.

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَرَطَان (saraṭān).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [sä.ɾä.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [sä.ɾä.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [sä.ɾä.t̪ʰɔ́ːn]

Readings
Classical reading? saratān
Dari reading? saratān
Iranian reading? saratân
Tajik reading? saraton

Noun

Dari سرطان
Iranian Persian
Tajik саратон

سرطان • (saratân)

  1. (pathology) cancer, carcinoma
  2. crab (crustaceans)

Derived terms

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic سَرَطَان (saraṭān).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sa.ra.tˤaːn/, [sˤɑ.rɑˈtˤɑːn]

Noun

سرطان • (saraṭān) m (plural سرطانات (saraṭānāt))

  1. crab
  2. (astrology) Cancer

See also

Zodiac signs in South Levantine Arabic · الأبراج (il-ʔabrāj) (layout · text)

الحمل (il-ḥamal, “Aries”)
التور (it-tōr, “Taurus”)
الجوزاء (il-jōzāʔ, “Gemini”)
السرطان (is-saraṭān, “Cancer”)

الأسد (il-ʔasad, “Leo”)
العذراء (il-ʕazrāʔ, “Virgo”)
الميزان (il-mīzān, “Libra”)
العقرب (il-ʕaqrab, “Scorpio”)

القوس (il-qōs, “Sagittarius”)
الجدي (il-jadi, “Capricorn”)
الدلو (id-dalu, “Aquarius”)
الحوت (il-ḥūt, “Pisces”)
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