سرطان

Meaning

1. crab
2. (uncountable) cancer, carcinoma
3. the fourth solar month (June to July, Saudi Arabia)

Concepts

cancer

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crab

🦀

crabs

crayfish

crab

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spider crabs

malignant neoplastic disease

Synonyms

سرطان البحر

سَلطَعُون

أبُو جلمْبُو

سلطعُون

مرض الورم الخبِيث

Translations

crabe

🦀

caranguejo

🦀

cancer

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Krebs

câncer

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καρκίνος

càncer

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cáncer

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granchio

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cancer

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cranc

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κάβουρας

Krabbe

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kanker

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/sa.ra.tˤaːn/

Etymology

Compare Classical Syriac ܣܪܛܢܐ (sarṭānā), and Hebrew סַרְטָן (sarṭā́n).
The medical sense is possibly a semantic loan from Ancient Greek καρκίνος (karkínos).