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 • (qarasṭūn) m
- 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:
- 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 (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 (1899) Griechische und lateinische Lehnwörter in Talmud, Midrasch und Targum (in German), volume II, Berlin: S. Calvary, page 570a
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