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دُخان
smoke /duˈxaːn/
nounB1#2662 most common
Also: fumes
Example sentences
أَرى دُخاناً.
I see smoke.
يَخرُجُ الدُخانُ مِنَ المَدْخَنَةِ.
Smoke comes out of the chimney.
امتَلَأَتِ الغُرفَةُ بِالدُخانِ بَعدَ أَن اشتَعَلَتِ النارُ في المَطبَخِ.
The room filled with smoke after fire broke out in the kitchen.
حَذَّرَتِ السُلُطاتُ مِن خُطورَةِ استِنشاقِ الدُخانِ الناتِجِ عَن حَرائِقِ الغاباتِ.
The authorities warned of the danger of inhaling smoke from forest fires.
تَصاعَدَ الدُخانُ الأَسوَدُ مِنَ المَصنَعِ المُحتَرِقِ فَوقَ أَسطُحِ المَدينَةِ.
Black smoke rose from the burning factory over the city's rooftops.
يُقالُ إِنَّهُ لا دُخانَ بِلا نارٍ، إِشارَةً إِلى أَنَّ الإِشاعاتِ غالِباً ما تَحمِلُ بَذرَةً مِنَ الحَقيقَةِ.
It is said there is no smoke without fire, meaning rumors often carry a grain of truth.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | دُخَانٌ | أَدْخِنَةٌ |
| Genitive | دُخَانٍ | أَدْخِنَةٍ |
| Accusative | دُخَانًا | أَدْخِنَةً |
| Vocative | يَا دُخَانُ | يَا أَدْخِنَةُ |
Word family
دَخَّنَto smoke, to emit smoke
مُدَخِّنsmoker
تَدْخِينsmoking (the act)مَدْخَنَةchimney
دُخانِيّsmoky, smoke-colored
Etymology
دُخان comes from the Semitic triliteral root د-خ-ن (d-kh-n), which carries the sense of smoking or giving off fumes. Arabic builds the noun by fitting the root into the فُعَال (fuʿāl) vowel pattern, a common template for substances and their emissions. The word appears throughout classical and modern Arabic essentially unchanged in meaning. It also names the 44th chapter of the Quran, Surat ad-Dukhan.
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