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1 English
- 1.1 Alternative forms
- 1.2 Etymology
- 1.3 Pronunciation
- 1.4 Noun
  - 1.4.1 Derived terms
  - 1.4.2 Related terms
  - 1.4.3 Descendants
  - 1.4.4 Translations
- 1.5 Further reading

English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:pharaohWikipedia

Tutankhamun, a pharaoh

Alternative forms

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Pharaoh, pharao, pharaon (archaic)

Etymology

edit From Middle English pharao (also as pharaon, farao, faraon, etc.), from Old English Pharao, from Late Latin Pharaō, from Koine Greek Φαραώ (Pharaṓ), from Biblical Hebrew פַּרְעֹה (Parʿō), from Egyptian

(pr-ꜥꜣ, “palace; pharaoh”, literally “pr (“house”) + ꜥꜣ (“great, big”)”)

Pronunciation

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enPR: fāʹrō, fârʹō, fărʹō
(UK, General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈfɛː.ɹəʊ/, /ˈfɛə.ɹəʊ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
(US) IPA(key): /ˈfæɹ.oʊ/, /ˈfɛ(ə)ɹ.oʊ/
Rhymes: (UK, General Australian) -ɛːɹəʊ, (UK, US, General Australian) -ɛəɹəʊ, (US) -æɹəʊ
Homophones: faro, Faroe
Homophone: Ferro (only in accents with the Mary-marry-merry merger)
Hyphenation: pha‧raoh

Noun

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pharaoh (countable and uncountable, plural pharaohs)

(historical) The supreme ruler of Ancient Egypt; a formal address for the sovereign seat of power as personified by the "king" in an institutional role of Horus son of Osiris; often used by metonymy for Ancient Egyptian sovereignty Hypernym: ruler Hyponym: pharaohess Instances: see Thesaurus:pharaoh
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 14:18, column 1:And the Egyptians ſhall know that I am the Lord, when I haue gotten me honour vpon Pharaoh, vpon his charets, and vpon his horſemen.
(uncountable, card games) The card game faro.
- 1945, Robert Hardy Andrews, Burning gold:"I pray, when I play pharaoh at White's, that the cards fall as they have come to my hand in this large gamble," Anstis said.

Derived terms

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pharaoh ant
pharaohess

Related terms

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pharaonic

Descendants

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→ Bengali: ফারাও (pharaō)
→ Hindi: फ़ैरो (fairo)
→ Japanese: ファラオ (farao)
→ Korean: 파라오 (parao)
→ Thai: ฟาโรห์ (faa-roo)

Translations

edit supreme ruler of ancient Egypt

Aghul: ферӏеван
Albanian: faraon m
Amharic: ፈርኦን (färʾon)
Arabic: فِرْعَوْن (ar) m (firʕawn) Egyptian Arabic: فرعون m (furʕūn) Hijazi Arabic: فرعون m (firʕōn)
Aramaic: Classical Syriac: ܦܪܥܘܢ m (perʿūn)
Armenian: փարավոն (hy) (pʻaravon)
Asturian: faraón (ast) m
Avar: фиргӏавн (firʻawn)
Azerbaijani: firon
Bashkir: фирғәүен (firğəwen)
Bats: please add this translation if you can
Belarusian: фарао́н m (faraón)
Bengali: ফারাও (bn) (pharaō), ফেরাউন (bn) (pheraun)
Bulgarian: фарао́н m (faraón)
Burmese: ဖါရော (hparau:)
Catalan: faraó (ca) m
Chechen: пирӏон (pirˀon)
Chinese: Cantonese: 法老 (faat3 lou5), 法老王 Mandarin: 法老 (zh) (fǎlǎo), 法老王
Coptic: ⲫⲁⲣⲁⲱ (pharaō)
Czech: faraon (cs) m, farao (cs) m
Danish: farao c
Dargwa: пиргӏяван (pirʿəvan)
Dutch: farao (nl) m
Egyptian:

(nswt-bjtj m),

(nsw m), (Late Egyptian)

(pr-ꜥꜣ m)
Esperanto: faraono
Estonian: vaarao
Faroese: farao c
Finnish: faarao (fi)
French: pharaon (fr) m
Galician: faraón (gl) m
Ge'ez: ፈርዖን (färʿon)
Georgian: ფარაონი (paraoni)
German: Pharao (de) m, Pharaonin (de) f
Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌰𐍉 (faraō)
Greek: Φαραώ (el) m (Faraó), φαραώ m (faraó) Ancient Greek: Φαραώ m (Pharaṓ), Φαραών m (Pharaṓn)
Hebrew: פַּרְעֹה (he) m (par'ó)
Hindi: फ़िरौन m (firaun), फ़ैरो m (fairo), फिरऔन (hi) m (phiraaun), फ़िरऔन (firaaun)
Hungarian: fáraó (hu)
Icelandic: faraó m
Ido: faraono (io)
Ilocano: paraon
Indonesian: firaun
Ingrian: varajooni
Ingush: пирӏов (pirˀov), перӏун (perˀun)
Italian: faraone (it) m
Japanese: ファラオ (farao)
Kazakh: перғауын (perğauyn)
Khmer: ផារ៉ាអុង (para'ong), ផារ៉ោន (phaaraon)
Korean: 파라오 (ko) (parao)
Kumyk: пиравун (pirawun)
Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: fîrewn (ku) m
Kyrgyz: фараон (faraon)
Lak: пиръаьн (pirʼän)
Lao: ຟາໂຣ (fā rō)
Latin: pharaō m
Latvian: faraons m
Lezgi: фиръаван (firʾavan)
Lithuanian: faraonas (lt) m
Macedonian: фараон m (faraon)
Malagasy: farao (mg), Farao
Malay: firaun (ms)
Maltese: fargħun m
Maori: pārao
Marathi: फेरो m (phero)
Mongolian: фараон (mn) (faraon)
Norwegian: farao (no) m
Occitan: faraon (oc) m
Odia: ଫାରୋ (or) (phāro)
Old Church Slavonic: фараѡнъ (faraonŭ)
Old East Slavic: фараонъ m (faraonŭ)
Ottoman Turkish: فرعون (fir’avun)
Pashto: فرعون (ps) m (fer'áwn)
Persian: فرعون (fa) (fer'own)
Polish: faraon (pl) m
Portuguese: faraó (pt) m
Punjabi: ਫਰਾਓਹੋ m (pharāoho)
Romanian: faraon (ro) m
Russian: фарао́н (ru) m (faraón)
Rutul: фергьаӏвын (ferhaˤvɨn)
Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: фара̀о̄н m Roman: faràōn (sh) m
Shan: ၽႃႇရေႃး (phàa ráu)
Slovak: faraón (sk) m
Spanish: faraón (es) m Old Spanish: pharaon
Swahili: firauni (sw)
Swedish: farao (sv) c
Tabasaran: фяряуьн (fjarjau̱n)
Tagalog: paraon
Tajik: фиръавн (fir'avn)
Tatar: фиргавен (tt) (firğäwen)
Telugu: ఫరో (pharō)
Thai: ฟาโรห์ (th) (faa-roo)
Turkish: firavun (tr)
Turkmen: faraon
Ukrainian: фарао́н (uk) m (faraón)
Urdu: فرعون (ur) m (fir'aun)
Uyghur: فىرئەۋىن (fir'ewin)
Uzbek: firʼavn (uz)
Vietnamese: pha-ra-ông
Volapük: (♂♀) faraon, (♂) hifaraon, (♀) jifaraon
Yiddish: פּרעה m (pare)
Zulu: please add this translation if you can

Pharaoh - Wiktionary

Contents

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Translations

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