ضربان

Arabic

Noun

ضَرَبَان • (ḍarabān) m

verbal noun of ضَرَبَ (ḍaraba) (form I)

Declension

Declension of noun **ضَرَبَان** (ḍarabān)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	ضَرَبَان ḍarabān	الضَّرَبَان aḍ-ḍarabān	ضَرَبَان ḍarabān
nominative	ضَرَبَانٌ ḍarabānun	الضَّرَبَانُ aḍ-ḍarabānu	ضَرَبَانُ ḍarabānu
accusative	ضَرَبَانًا ḍarabānan	الضَّرَبَانَ aḍ-ḍarabāna	ضَرَبَانَ ḍarabāna
genitive	ضَرَبَانٍ ḍarabānin	الضَّرَبَانِ aḍ-ḍarabāni	ضَرَبَانِ ḍarabāni

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic ظَرِبَان (ẓaribān).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dˤur.baːn/
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Noun

ضربان • (ḍurbān) m

porcupine

Descendants

→ Israeli Hebrew: דָּרְבָּן (dorbā́n)

Persian

Etymology

Arabic, see ضَرَبَ (ḍaraba, “to hit”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /za.ɾa.ˈbaːn/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zä.ɾä.bɑ́ːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [zä.ɾä.bɑ́ːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [zä.ɾä.bɔ́ːn]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [zæ.ɹæ.bɒ́ːn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [zä.ɾä.bɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading^?	zarabān
Dari reading^?	zarabān
Iranian reading^?	zarabân
Tajik reading^?	zarabon

Noun

ضربان • (zarabān / zarabân) (Tajik spelling зарабон)

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