ثعبان

See also: تعبان

Arabic

Root
ث ع ب (ṯ-ʕ-b)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /θuʕ.baːn/
  • Rhymes: -aːn

Noun

ثُعْبَان • (ṯuʕbān) m or f (plural ثَعَابِين (ṯaʕābīn))

  1. snake
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 26:32:
      فَأَلْقَى عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ ثُعْبَانٌ مُبِينٌ
      fa-ʔalqā ʕaṣāhu fa-ʔiḏā hiya ṯuʕbānun mubīnun
      Then he flung down his staff and it became a bare serpent
  2. (astronomy) (normally الثُعْبَان (aṯ-ṯuʕbān)) Alpha Draconis

Declension

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ث ع ب
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic ثُعْبَان (ṯuʕbān).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tuʕ.baːn/, /θuʕ.baːn/

Noun

ثُعْبَان • (tuʕbān or ṯuʕbān) m (plural ثَعابين (taʕābīn))

  1. snake

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ثُعْبَان (ṯuʕbān, snake).

Noun

ثعبان • (suʿban) (plural ثعابین)

  1. species of large snake said to hunt rats
  2. fabulous serpent of enormous size, dragon
    Synonyms: (dragon) اژدها (ejdeha), تنین (tinin), غول (ğul)

Descendants

  • Turkish: suban

Further reading

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