فدان

فدان

Arabic

فَدَّان

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic פַּדְּנׇא‎ (paddənā), absolute state פַּדָּן‎ (paddān), Classical Syriac ܦܰܕܳܢܳܐ‎ (paddānā), having the same glosses, also Hebrew פַּדָּן‎ (paddān). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fad.daːn/

Noun

فَدَّان • (faddān) m (plural فَدَادِين‎ (fadādīn)) (dialectal)

1. yoke of oxen
2. plough

Declension

Declension of noun فَدَّان (faddān)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَدَّان faddān	الْفَدَّان‎ al-faddān	فَدَّان faddān
Nominative	فَدَّانٌ faddānun	الْفَدَّانُ‎ al-faddānu	فَدَّانُ faddānu
Accusative	فَدَّانًا‎ faddānan	الْفَدَّانَ‎ al-faddāna	فَدَّانَ faddāna
Genitive	فَدَّانٍ faddānin	الْفَدَّانِ‎ al-faddāni	فَدَّانِ faddāni
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَدَّانَيْن‎ faddānayn	الْفَدَّانَيْن‎ al-faddānayn	فَدَّانَيْ‎ faddānay
Nominative	فَدَّانَانِ‎ faddānāni	الْفَدَّانَانِ‎ al-faddānāni	فَدَّانَا‎ faddānā
Accusative	فَدَّانَيْنِ‎ faddānayni	الْفَدَّانَيْنِ‎ al-faddānayni	فَدَّانَيْ‎ faddānay
Genitive	فَدَّانَيْنِ‎ faddānayni	الْفَدَّانَيْنِ‎ al-faddānayni	فَدَّانَيْ‎ faddānay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَدَادِين‎ fadādīn	الْفَدَادِين‎ al-fadādīn	فَدَادِين‎ fadādīn
Nominative	فَدَادِينُ‎ fadādīnu	الْفَدَادِينُ‎ al-fadādīnu	فَدَادِينُ‎ fadādīnu
Accusative	فَدَادِينَ‎ fadādīna	الْفَدَادِينَ‎ al-fadādīna	فَدَادِينَ‎ fadādīna
Genitive	فَدَادِينَ‎ fadādīna	الْفَدَادِينِ‎ al-fadādīni	فَدَادِينِ‎ fadādīni

Noun

فَدَّان • (faddān) m (plural أَفْدِنَة‎ (ʾafdina)) (obsolete)

1. a square measure, acre, feddan, fluctuating highly in size by region and time

   ‏تَرَكَ جَدُّنَا، بَعْدَ مَوْتِهِ، سِتَّةَ أَفْدِنَةٍ.‎‎ ― taraka jaddunā, baʿda mawtihi, sittata ʾafdinatin. ― Our grandfather left six acres after he had died.

Declension

Declension of noun فَدَّان (faddān)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَدَّان faddān	الْفَدَّان‎ al-faddān	فَدَّان faddān
Nominative	فَدَّانٌ faddānun	الْفَدَّانُ‎ al-faddānu	فَدَّانُ faddānu
Accusative	فَدَّانًا‎ faddānan	الْفَدَّانَ‎ al-faddāna	فَدَّانَ faddāna
Genitive	فَدَّانٍ faddānin	الْفَدَّانِ‎ al-faddāni	فَدَّانِ faddāni
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَدَّانَيْن‎ faddānayn	الْفَدَّانَيْن‎ al-faddānayn	فَدَّانَيْ‎ faddānay
Nominative	فَدَّانَانِ‎ faddānāni	الْفَدَّانَانِ‎ al-faddānāni	فَدَّانَا‎ faddānā
Accusative	فَدَّانَيْنِ‎ faddānayni	الْفَدَّانَيْنِ‎ al-faddānayni	فَدَّانَيْ‎ faddānay
Genitive	فَدَّانَيْنِ‎ faddānayni	الْفَدَّانَيْنِ‎ al-faddānayni	فَدَّانَيْ‎ faddānay
Plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَفْدِنَة‎ ʾafdina	الْأَفْدِنَة‎ al-ʾafdina	أَفْدِنَة‎ ʾafdinat
Nominative	أَفْدِنَةٌ‎ ʾafdinatun	الْأَفْدِنَةُ‎ al-ʾafdinatu	أَفْدِنَةُ‎ ʾafdinatu
Accusative	أَفْدِنَةً‎ ʾafdinatan	الْأَفْدِنَةَ‎ al-ʾafdinata	أَفْدِنَةَ‎ ʾafdinata
Genitive	أَفْدِنَةٍ‎ ʾafdinatin	الْأَفْدِنَةِ‎ al-ʾafdinati	أَفْدِنَةِ‎ ʾafdinati

References

• Behnstedt, Peter; Woidich, Manfred (2012) Wortatlas der arabischen Dialekte – Band II: Materielle Kultur (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 100/II) (in German), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, DOI:10.1163/9789004224674, →ISBN, pages 323–327
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• Freytag, Georg (1835), “فدان”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 325
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• Lane, Edward William (1863), “فدان”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 2353
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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek φυτόν (phutón).

Noun

فدان • (fidan)

1. any young plant, particularly if raised by a gardener; sapling

Related terms

• فیده‎ (fide, “seedling plant for planting out”)

Descendants

• Turkish: fidan, Fidan
• → Armenian: ֆիդան (fidan), ֆիտան (fitan), ֆիդան (fidan), Ֆիդանյան (Fidanyan)
• → Azerbaijani: fidan, Fidan
• → Greek: φιντάνι n (fintáni) (reborrowing)

Further reading

• Alkayış, Fatih (2019), “fidan”, in Türkiye Türkçesinde bitki adları [Plant Names in Turkish of Turkey] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Hiperlink Yayınları, page 251
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “fidan”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume II, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1587
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “فدان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 888
• Kerestedjian, Bedros (1912), “fidan”, in Kerest Haig, editor, Quelques matériaux pour un dictionnaire étymologique de la langue Turque (in French), London: Luzac & Co., page 245
• Meyer, Gustav (1892), “Türkische Studien. I. Die griechischen und romanischen Bestandtheile im Wortschatze des Osmanisch-Türkischen”, in Sitzungsberichte der philosophisch-historischen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften (in German), volume 128, Wien: In Commission bei F. Tempsky, pages 30, deriving from φυτάνη (phutánē), but this seems a very rare word
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “fidan”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “فدان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1369