لسان

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ل س ن (l-s-n). From Proto-Semitic *lišān-.

Cognate with Hebrew לשון (lashón).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /li.saːn/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

لِسَان • (lisān) m or f (plural أَلْسِنَة (ʔalsina) or أَلْسُن (ʔalsun))

  1. (anatomy) tongue
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 90:8-10:
      أَلَمْ نَجْعَلْ لَهُ عَيْنَيْنِ / وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ / وَهَدَيْنَاهُ النَّجْدَيْنِ
      ʔalam najʕal lahū ʕaynayni / walisānan wašafatayni / wahadaynāhu n-najdayni
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  2. (metonymically) language
    Synonym: لُغَة (luḡa)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 30:22:
      وَمِنْ آيَاتِهِ خَلْقُ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱخْتِلَافُ أَلْسِنَتِكُمْ وَأَلْوَانِكُمْ
      wamin ʔāyātihī ḵalqu s-samāwāti wal-ʔarḍi waḵtilāfu ʔalsinatikum waʔalwānikum
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  3. (metonymically) speech
  4. letter, missive
  5. tongue of a balance

Declension
Declension of noun لِسَان (lisān)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal لِسَان
lisān		 اللِّسَان
al-lisān		 لِسَان
lisān
Nominative لِسَانٌ
lisānun		 اللِّسَانُ
al-lisānu		 لِسَانُ
lisānu
Accusative لِسَانًا
lisānan		 اللِّسَانَ
al-lisāna		 لِسَانَ
lisāna
Genitive لِسَانٍ
lisānin		 اللِّسَانِ
al-lisāni		 لِسَانِ
lisāni
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal لِسَانَيْن
lisānayn		 اللِّسَانَيْن
al-lisānayn		 لِسَانَيْ
lisānay
Nominative لِسَانَانِ
lisānāni		 اللِّسَانَانِ
al-lisānāni		 لِسَانَا
lisānā
Accusative لِسَانَيْنِ
lisānayni		 اللِّسَانَيْنِ
al-lisānayni		 لِسَانَيْ
lisānay
Genitive لِسَانَيْنِ
lisānayni		 اللِّسَانَيْنِ
al-lisānayni		 لِسَانَيْ
lisānay
Plural broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)‎; basic broken plural triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal أَلْسِنَة‎; أَلْسُن
ʔalsina‎; ʔalsun		 الْأَلْسِنَة‎; الْأَلْسُن
al-ʔalsina‎; al-ʔalsun		 أَلْسِنَة‎; أَلْسُن
ʔalsinat‎; ʔalsun
Nominative أَلْسِنَةٌ‎; أَلْسُنٌ
ʔalsinatun‎; ʔalsunun		 الْأَلْسِنَةُ‎; الْأَلْسُنُ
al-ʔalsinatu‎; al-ʔalsunu		 أَلْسِنَةُ‎; أَلْسُنُ
ʔalsinatu‎; ʔalsunu
Accusative أَلْسِنَةً‎; أَلْسُنًا
ʔalsinatan‎; ʔalsunan		 الْأَلْسِنَةَ‎; الْأَلْسُنَ
al-ʔalsinata‎; al-ʔalsuna		 أَلْسِنَةَ‎; أَلْسُنَ
ʔalsinata‎; ʔalsuna
Genitive أَلْسِنَةٍ‎; أَلْسُنٍ
ʔalsinatin‎; ʔalsunin		 الْأَلْسِنَةِ‎; الْأَلْسُنِ
al-ʔalsinati‎; al-ʔalsuni		 أَلْسِنَةِ‎; أَلْسُنِ
ʔalsinati‎; ʔalsuni

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Iraqi Arabic: لسان (lsān)
  • Gulf Arabic: لسان (lsān)
  • Maltese: lsien
  • Moroccan Arabic: لسان (lsān)
  • → Azerbaijani: lisan
  • → Malay: lisan
  • → Ottoman Turkish: لسان (lisân)
  • → Hindustani:
    Hindi: लिसान (lisān)
    Urdu: لسان (lisân)

References
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “لسن”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “لسان”, 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), Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie

Gujarati

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic لِسَان (lisān).

Noun

لسان • (lisān) f (Standard Gujarati લિસાન) (Lisan ud-Dawat)

  1. tongue
  2. language

Gulf Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic لِسَان (lisān).

Noun

لسان • (lsān) f (plural لسانات (lsānāt))

  1. (anatomy) tongue

Hijazi Arabic
Root
ل س ن
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic لِسَان (lisān).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /li.ˈsaːn/, [lɪ.ˈsaːn]

Noun

لسان • (lisān) m (plural لسن (lusun) or ألسنة (ʔalsina))

  1. (anatomy) tongue

Iraqi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic لِسَان (lisān).

Noun

لسان (lsān) f (plural لسانات (lsānāt) or ألسنة (alsina))

  1. (anatomy) tongue

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic لِسَان (lisān).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lsaːn/

Noun

لسان • (lsān) m (plural لسانات (lsānāt))

  1. (anatomy) tongue

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic لِسَان (lisān).

Noun

لسان • (lsān) m (plural لسانات (lsānāt))

  1. (anatomy) tongue

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic لِسَان (lisān).

Noun

لسان • (lisan) (definite accusative لسانی (lisanı), plural السنه (elsine) or لسانلر (lisanlar))

  1. language
  2. tongue

Derived terms

Descendants

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic لِسَان (lisān).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [lɪ.sɑ́ːn]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [lɪ.sɑ́ːn]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [li.sɔ́ːn]

Readings
Classical reading? lisān
Dari reading? lisān
Iranian reading? lesân
Tajik reading? lison

Noun
Dari لسان
Iranian Persian
Tajik лисон

لسان • (lesân) (plural السنه (alsene) or لسان‌ها (lesân-hâ))

  1. language
    Synonym: زبان (zabân)

South Levantine Arabic
Root
ل س ن
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic لِسَان (lisān).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lsaːn/, [(ɪ)lˈsæːn]
  • Audio (Ramallah)(file)

Noun

لسان • (lsān) m (plural لسانات (lsānāt))

  1. tongue

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian لِسَان (lisān), from Arabic لِسَان (lisān).

Pronunciation

Noun

لِسان • (lisān) f (Hindi spelling लिसान)

  1. (anatomy) tongue
    Synonyms: جیبھ (jībh), زبان (zubān)
  2. language
    Synonyms: زبان (zubān), بولی (bolī), بھاشا (bhāśā)

Declension
Declension of لسان
singular plural
direct لسان (lisān) لسانیں (lisānẽ)
oblique لسان (lisān) لسانوں (lisānõ)
vocative لسان (lisān) لسانو (lisāno)
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