عدس

Arabic

Etymology

Akin to Hebrew עֲדָשָׁה (ʿăḏāšā́), Ugaritic 𐎓𐎄𐎌 (ʿadašu, “lentil”), Akkadian 𒂊𒁲𒋳 (edešu, “bud, sprout”), and Arabic عَلَس (ʕalas, “emmer”). From Proto-Semitic *ʕadaš-, cognate with Proto-Central Chadic *HVdas- (“seed”), Bacama/Bata [Term?] (ḍàsì-to).

Noun

عَدَس • (ʕadas) m (collective, singulative عَدَسَة f (ʕadasa))

1. lentils

Declension

Declension of noun عَدَس (ʕadas)

Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَدَس ʕadas	الْعَدَس al-ʕadas	عَدَس ʕadas
Nominative	عَدَسٌ ʕadasun	الْعَدَسُ al-ʕadasu	عَدَسُ ʕadasu
Accusative	عَدَسًا ʕadasan	الْعَدَسَ al-ʕadasa	عَدَسَ ʕadasa
Genitive	عَدَسٍ ʕadasin	الْعَدَسِ al-ʕadasi	عَدَسِ ʕadasi
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَدَسَة ʕadasa	الْعَدَسَة al-ʕadasa	عَدَسَة ʕadasat
Nominative	عَدَسَةٌ ʕadasatun	الْعَدَسَةُ al-ʕadasatu	عَدَسَةُ ʕadasatu
Accusative	عَدَسَةً ʕadasatan	الْعَدَسَةَ al-ʕadasata	عَدَسَةَ ʕadasata
Genitive	عَدَسَةٍ ʕadasatin	الْعَدَسَةِ al-ʕadasati	عَدَسَةِ ʕadasati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَدَسَتَيْن ʕadasatayn	الْعَدَسَتَيْن al-ʕadasatayn	عَدَسَتَيْ ʕadasatay
Nominative	عَدَسَتَانِ ʕadasatāni	الْعَدَسَتَانِ al-ʕadasatāni	عَدَسَتَا ʕadasatā
Accusative	عَدَسَتَيْنِ ʕadasatayni	الْعَدَسَتَيْنِ al-ʕadasatayni	عَدَسَتَيْ ʕadasatay
Genitive	عَدَسَتَيْنِ ʕadasatayni	الْعَدَسَتَيْنِ al-ʕadasatayni	عَدَسَتَيْ ʕadasatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَدَسَات ʕadasāt	الْعَدَسَات al-ʕadasāt	عَدَسَات ʕadasāt
Nominative	عَدَسَاتٌ ʕadasātun	الْعَدَسَاتُ al-ʕadasātu	عَدَسَاتُ ʕadasātu
Accusative	عَدَسَاتٍ ʕadasātin	الْعَدَسَاتِ al-ʕadasāti	عَدَسَاتِ ʕadasāti
Genitive	عَدَسَاتٍ ʕadasātin	الْعَدَسَاتِ al-ʕadasāti	عَدَسَاتِ ʕadasāti

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “عدس”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate, page 1972
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “عدس”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen, page 676
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “عدس”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 696

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَدَس (ʕadas).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔa.ˈðas]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.d̪ǽs]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.d̪ǽs]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔä.d̪ǽs]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔä.d̪ǽs]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæ.d̪ǽs]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.d̪ǽs]

Readings
Classical reading?	aḏas
Dari reading?	adas
Iranian reading?	adas
Tajik reading?	adas

Noun

Dari	دال
Iranian Persian	عدس
Tajik	наск

عدس • ('adas) (plural عدس‌ها ('adas-hâ))

1. lentil

Derived terms

• عدسی ('adasi)
• عدسک ('adasak)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic عَدَس (ʕadas).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕa.das/, [ˈʕa.das]

• Audio (al-Lidd):

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Noun

عدس • (ʕadas) m (collective, singulative عدسة f (ʕadase))

1. (uncountable) lentils

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian عدس ('adas), from Arabic عَدَس (ʕadas).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)ə.d̪əs/

Noun

عَدَس • ('adas) f (Hindi spelling अदस)

1. lentil

   Synonym: دال (dāl)

References

• “عدس”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “عدس”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.