فرشة

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ف ر ش‎ (f r š); compare فَرَشَ‎ (faraša, “to spread on the floor, spread out”).

Noun

فَرْشَة • (farša) f (plural فَرْشَات‎ (faršāt))

  1. carpet
  2. mat
  3. mattress
  4. bed
Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish فرچه‎ (fırça), فورچه‎ (furça), from Byzantine Greek βρούτσα (broútsa), from Vulgar Latin *bruscia, a Germanic borrowing, equalling German Bürste.

Noun

فُرْشَة • (furša) f (plural فُرَش‎ (furaš))

  1. brush
Declension
Synonyms

References

  • Procházka, Stephan (2009), “Turkish Loanwords”, in Versteegh, Kees, editor, Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics, volume 4, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 592
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “فرشة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen, page 784
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “فرشة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 825

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ف ر ش‎

Etymology

From Arabic فَرْشَة‎ (farša).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /far.ʃe/, [ˈfar.ʃe]
  • IPA(key): /far.ʃa/, [ˈfar.ʃa]
  • (file)

Noun

فرشة • (farše) f (plural فرشات‎ (faršāt))

  1. mattress
  2. bed

See also

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