Arabic

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سَرَطَان

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Compare Classical Syriac ܣܪܛܢܐ (sarṭānā), and Hebrew סַרְטָן (sarṭā́n).

The medical sense is possibly a semantic loan from Ancient Greek καρκίνος (karkínos).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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سَرَطَان (saraṭānm (plural سَرَطَانَات (saraṭānāt) or سَرَاطِين (sarāṭīn))

  1. crab
    السَّرَطَان (as-saraṭān, Cancer (sign of the zodiac))
    سَرَطَان بَحْرِيّ (saraṭān baḥriyy, lobster)
  2. (pathology, uncountable) cancer, carcinoma
  3. the fourth solar month (June to July, Saudi Arabia)

Declension

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Descendants

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References

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Pashto

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Noun

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سرطان (saratā́nm

  1. crawfish, crayfish, crab
  2. (Medicine) cancer, carcinoma
  3. (Astrology) Cancer (the constellation), saratan (fourth month of the solar calendar)

References

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  • Pashtoon, Zeeya A. (2009) “سرطان”, in Pashto–English Dictionary, Hyattsville: Dunwoody Press
  • سرطان”, in Pashto Dictionary, Peshawar, Pakistan: Pukhtoogle, 2020.

Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic سَرَطَان (saraṭān).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? saratān
Dari reading? saratān
Iranian reading? saratân
Tajik reading? saraton

Noun

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Dari سرطان
Iranian Persian
Tajik саратон

سرطان (saratân)

  1. (pathology) cancer, carcinoma
  2. crab (crustaceans)

Derived terms

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South Levantine Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic سَرَطَان (saraṭān).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sa.ra.tˤaːn/, [sˤɑ.rɑˈtˤɑːn]

Noun

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سرطان (saraṭānm (plural سرطانات (saraṭānāt))

  1. crab
  2. (astrology) Cancer

See also

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Signs of the Zodiac · الأبراج (il-ʔabrāj)
       
الحمل (il-ḥamal, Aries) التور (it-tōr, Taurus) الجوزاء (il-jōzāʔ, Gemini) السرطان (is-saraṭān, Cancer)
       
الأسد (il-ʔasad, Leo) العذراء (il-ʕazrāʔ, Virgo) الميزان (il-mīzān, Libra) العقرب (il-ʕaqrab, Scorpio)
       
القوس (il-ʔōs, Sagittarius) الجدي (il-jidi, Capricorn) الدلو (id-dalu, Aquarius) الحوت (il-ḥūt, Pisces)
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