Where does “फ़िरौन” come from?
फ़िरौन (Hindi) comes from Arabic فِرْعَوْن, from Hebrew פַּרְעֹה, from Egyptian pr-ꜥꜣ, from Egyptian ꜥꜣ — here; there; big, great, important.
फ़िरौन (Hindi): pharaoh
Ancestry of “फ़िरौन”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Arabic | فِرْعَوْن | pharaoh |
| 2 | Hebrew | פַּרְעֹה | — |
| 3 | Egyptian | pr-ꜥꜣ | great house |
| 4 | Egyptian | ꜥꜣ | here; there; big, great, important |