ܦܪܥܘܢ
Classical Syriac
Etymology
Via alternative Koine Greek Φαραών (Pharaṓn) from Biblical Hebrew פַּרְעֹה (parʿōʰ), from Egyptian pr-ꜥꜣ (“great house”),
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from pr (“house”) + ꜥꜣ (“big”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pɛrʕuːn]
Noun
ܦܪܥܘܢ • (perʿūn) m
Proper noun
ܦܪܥܘܢ • (perʿūn) m
Descendants
- → Arabic: فِرْعَوْن (firʕawn)
References
- “prˁwn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 417a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 463b
- Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, →ISBN, page 1248a