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مَهْرَجان
festival /mah.raˈdʒaːn/
nounB1#2987 most common
Also: carnival, fair
Example sentences
هذا مَهْرَجانٌ جميلٌ.
This is a beautiful festival.
نذهب إلى المَهْرَجان كل صيف.
We go to the festival every summer.
شارك الفنانون في المَهْرَجان السينمائي.
The artists took part in the film festival.
أقامت المدينة مَهْرَجاناً كبيراً للاحتفال بموسم الحصاد.
The city held a large festival to celebrate the harvest season.
جذب المَهْرَجان آلاف الزوار من مختلف أنحاء العالم رغم الظروف الجوية الصعبة.
The festival drew thousands of visitors from around the world despite harsh weather.
على الرغم من الانتقادات التي واجهتها إدارة المَهْرَجان بسبب التأخير في الجدول الزمني، لم يتأثر إقبال الجمهور.
Despite the criticism the festival's management faced over schedule delays, public turnout was not affected.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مَهْرَجانٌ | مَهْرَجاناتٌ |
| Genitive | مَهْرَجانٍ | مَهْرَجاناتٍ |
| Accusative | مَهْرَجاناً | مَهْرَجاناتٍ |
| Vocative | يا مَهْرَجانُ | يا مَهْرَجاناتُ |
Word family
Etymology
مهرجان came into Arabic from Persian مهرگان (Mehregān), the name of an ancient Persian autumn festival that honored Mihr, a figure tied to the sun and later merged with the Zoroastrian yazata Mithra. Arabic speakers took this specific festival name and widened it into a general word for any festival or public celebration. The Persian element گان (-gān) works as a collective or festival-naming suffix attached to the base Mihr.
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