ورشان
Arabic
Etymology
Borrowed from Aramaic וַרְשָׁאנָא / ܘܱܪܫܳܢܳܐ (waršānā, “wood pigeon”), from Akkadian 𒆜𒄷 (KASKALMUŠEN /uršānu/, “a kind of pigeon”), itself borrowed from Sumerian 𒆜𒄷 (KASKALMUŠEN /irsaĝ/, “pigeon”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wa.ra.ʃaːn/
Noun
وَرَشان • (warašān) m (plural وَراشِين (warāšīn) or وِرْشَان (wiršān))
- ringdove, wood pigeon (Columba palumbus)
- Hypernym: حَمَام (ḥamām)
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | وَرَشان warašān |
الْوَرَشان al-warašān |
وَرَشان warašān |
| nominative | وَرَشانٌ warašānun |
الْوَرَشانُ al-warašānu |
وَرَشانُ warašānu |
| accusative | وَرَشانًا warašānan |
الْوَرَشانَ al-warašāna |
وَرَشانَ warašāna |
| genitive | وَرَشانٍ warašānin |
الْوَرَشانِ al-warašāni |
وَرَشانِ warašāni |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | وَرَشانَيْن warašānayn |
الْوَرَشانَيْن al-warašānayn |
وَرَشانَيْ warašānay |
| nominative | وَرَشانَانِ warašānāni |
الْوَرَشانَانِ al-warašānāni |
وَرَشانَا warašānā |
| accusative | وَرَشانَيْنِ warašānayni |
الْوَرَشانَيْنِ al-warašānayni |
وَرَشانَيْ warašānay |
| genitive | وَرَشانَيْنِ warašānayni |
الْوَرَشانَيْنِ al-warašānayni |
وَرَشانَيْ warašānay |
| plural | basic broken plural diptote; basic broken plural triptote | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | وَراشِين; وِرْشَان warāšīn; wiršān |
الْوَراشِين; الْوِرْشَان al-warāšīn; al-wiršān |
وَراشِين; وِرْشَان warāšīn; wiršān |
| nominative | وَراشِينُ; وِرْشَانٌ warāšīnu; wiršānun |
الْوَراشِينُ; الْوِرْشَانُ al-warāšīnu; al-wiršānu |
وَراشِينُ; وِرْشَانُ warāšīnu; wiršānu |
| accusative | وَراشِينَ; وِرْشَانًا warāšīna; wiršānan |
الْوَراشِينَ; الْوِرْشَانَ al-warāšīna; al-wiršāna |
وَراشِينَ; وِرْشَانَ warāšīna; wiršāna |
| genitive | وَراشِينَ; وِرْشَانٍ warāšīna; wiršānin |
الْوَراشِينِ; الْوِرْشَانِ al-warāšīni; al-wiršāni |
وَراشِينِ; وِرْشَانِ warāšīni; wiršāni |
Descendants
- → Persian: ورشان (varašân), ورش (varaš)
References
- Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 186b
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 118
- Freytag, Georg (1837) “ورشان”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 456a
- Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “ورشان”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc[2] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 1520
- Sokoloff, Michael (2002) A Dictionary of Jewish Babylonian Aramaic of the Talmudic and Geonic periods, Ramat Gan: Bar Ilan University, →ISBN, page 97b
- Zimmern, Heinrich (1915) Akkadische Fremdwörter als Beweis für babylonischen Kultureinfluss (in German), Leipzig: A. Edelmann, page 51