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))

  1. ringdove, wood pigeon (Columba palumbus)
    Hypernym: حَمَام (ḥamām)

Declension
Declension of noun وَرَشان (warašān)
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 (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 (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, page 97b
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