قرسطون

Arabic

Alternative forms

  • قَلَسْطُون (qalasṭūn)colloquial Andalusi
  • قَارَسْطُون (qārasṭūn)

Etymology

From Aramaic כרסטיונה (karisṭyōnā), קרצטיונא (qariṣṭyōnā), ܟܪܣܛܝܘܢܐ (kərasṭyōnā), from Ancient Greek χαριστίων (kharistíōn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qa.ras.tˤuːn/

Noun

قَرَسْطُون • (qarasṭūnm

  1. stilyard
    Synonyms: قَبَّان (qabbān), قَفَّان (qaffān)
    • a. 943, ar:سنان بن ثابت, edited by Mohammed Abattouy, On the Theory of Simple Machines, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin MS 3306[1]:
      المحل: لا فرق بينه وبين القرسطون في حكمه
      The lever: There is no difference between it and the steelyard.

Declension

Declension of noun قَرَسْطُون (qarasṭūn)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal قَرَسْطُون
qarasṭūn
الْقَرَسْطُون
al-qarasṭūn
قَرَسْطُون
qarasṭūn
nominative قَرَسْطُونٌ
qarasṭūnun
الْقَرَسْطُونُ
al-qarasṭūnu
قَرَسْطُونُ
qarasṭūnu
accusative قَرَسْطُونًا
qarasṭūnan
الْقَرَسْطُونَ
al-qarasṭūna
قَرَسْطُونَ
qarasṭūna
genitive قَرَسْطُونٍ
qarasṭūnin
الْقَرَسْطُونِ
al-qarasṭūni
قَرَسْطُونِ
qarasṭūni

Descendants

  • Catalan: calastó, calastró
  • Medieval Latin: carasto, charasto

References

  • krsṭywn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN
  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “قرسطون”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[2] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 327
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 199
  • Krauss, Samuel, Löw, Immanuel (1899) Griechische und lateinische Lehnwörter in Talmud, Midrasch und Targum (in German), volume II, Berlin: S. Calvary, page 570a