Learn Arabic › B2 › عَرْش
عَرْش
throne /ˈʕarʃ/
nounB2#3121 most common
Also: seat of power, the Throne of God (in Islamic theology)
Example sentences
هَذَا عَرْشُ المَلِكِ.
This is the king's throne.
جَلَسَ المَلِكُ عَلَى العَرْشِ.
The king sat on the throne.
وَرِثَ الأَمِيرُ العَرْشَ بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ وَالِدِهِ.
The prince inherited the throne after his father's death.
تَنَازَلَتِ المَلِكَةُ عَنِ العَرْشِ لِصَالِحِ ابْنِهَا.
The queen gave up the throne in favor of her son.
تُوِّجَ المَلِكُ الجَدِيدُ وَاعْتَلَى العَرْشَ وَسْطَ احْتِفَالٍ كَبِيرٍ.
The new king was crowned and ascended the throne amid a great celebration.
ظَلَّتِ الأُسْرَةُ الحَاكِمَةُ مُتَمَسِّكَةً بِالعَرْشِ رَغْمَ التَّحَدِّيَاتِ السِّياسِيَّةِ الَّتِي هَدَّدَتِ اسْتِقْرَارَ المَمْلَكَةِ.
The ruling family held on to the throne despite the political challenges that threatened the kingdom's stability.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | عَرْشٌ | عُرُوشٌ |
| Genitive | عَرْشٍ | عُرُوشٍ |
| Accusative | عَرْشًا | عُرُوشًا |
| Vocative | يَا عَرْشُ | يَا عُرُوشُ |
Word family
عَرْشthrone
عَريشtrellis, bower, simple hut
عَرَّشَto build a trellis or pergola
مُعَرَّشtrellised, latticed
تَعْرِيشthe act of trellising, latticework
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root ʿ-r-sh, which carries the basic sense of building a raised roof or canopy, as in a trellis or bower. From this idea of an elevated, covered structure, the meaning narrowed to the raised, canopied seat of a ruler, and then to the throne itself. The same root gives Arabic words for arbors and pergolas, structures that share the idea of a frame raised overhead.
Learn Arabic the way that sticks.
Every word here is a full Polylex card with native audio and spaced repetition, so 4,080 words actually move into long-term memory.
Start free
Every word here is a full Polylex card with native audio and spaced repetition, so 4,080 words actually move into long-term memory.
Start free