سهران

Hijazi Arabic

Root
س ه ر
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic سَهْرَان (sahrān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sah.raːn/

Adjective

سهران • (sahrān) (feminine سهرانة (sahrāna), common plural سهرانين (sahrānīn))

1. A person who stays up late

Related terms

• سَهَر (sahar, “to stay up late”)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَهْرَان (sahrān, “awake, vigil”).

Adjective

سهران • (sehran)

1. wakeful, sleepless, awake, characterized by an absence of sleep

   Synonym: اویقوسز (uykusuz)

2. wakeful, vigilant, alert, watchful, attentive, especially for danger

   Synonym: اویانق (uyanık)

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “sehran”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4123
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “sehrân”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1116
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Vigilans”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[2], Vienna, column 1759
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “سهران”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[3], Vienna, column 2721
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “سهران”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1097

South Levantine Arabic

Root
س ه ر
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic سَهْرَان (sahrān). Intensive adjective of the stative verb سهر (sihir, “to stay up late”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sah.raːn/, [sɑhˈrˤɑːn]

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Adjective

سهران • (sahrān) (feminine سهرانة (sahrāne), common plural سهرانين (sahrānīn))

1. awake, up (not in the bed)

   Synonym: صاحي (ṣāḥi)

   Antonyms: نايم (nāyim), غافي (ḡāfi)