فرقان

Arabic

Root
ف ر ق (f r q)
15 terms

Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܦܘܪܩܢܐ (purqānā) or Hebrew פֻּרְקָן (purqān).

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -aːn

Noun

فُرْقَان • (furqān) m

The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 25:1:
  تَبَارَكَ الَّذِي نَزَّلَ الْفُرْقَانَ عَلَى عَبْدِهِ لِيَكُونَ لِلْعَالَمِينَ نَذِيرًا
  tabāraka l-laḏī nazzala al-furqāna ʕalā ʕabdihī liyakūna lilʕālamīna naḏīran
  Blessed is He who sent down the Furqān upon His Servant for him to be to the worlds a warner.
1. verbal noun of فَرَقَ (faraqa) (form I)
2. criterion, distinction
3. evidence, proof
4. redemption, salvation
5. the Qur'an

Declension

Declension of noun **فُرْقَان** (furqān)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	فُرْقَان furqān	الْفُرْقَان al-furqān	فُرْقَان furqān
nominative	فُرْقَانٌ furqānun	الْفُرْقَانُ al-furqānu	فُرْقَانُ furqānu
accusative	فُرْقَانًا furqānan	الْفُرْقَانَ al-furqāna	فُرْقَانَ furqāna
genitive	فُرْقَانٍ furqānin	الْفُرْقَانِ al-furqāni	فُرْقَانِ furqāni

Descendants

→ Old Armenian: փուրկան (pʻurkan, “the Qur'an”)
→ Azerbaijani: furqan
→ Ottoman Turkish: فرقان (Furkân)
- Turkish: Furkan
→ Swahili: Furkani

References

Freytag, Georg (1830–1837) “فرقان”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 340
Geiger, Abraham (1833, 1902) Was hat Mohammed aus dem Judenthume aufgenommen? (in German), 2nd edition, Leipzig: M. W. Kaufmann, pages 55–56
Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, pages 225–229
Schwally, Friedrich (1898) “Lexikalische Studien”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎^[2] (in German), volume 52, pages 134–135