# فراش
## Arabic
### Etymology

From فَرَشَ (faraša, “to spread, to spread out”); ف ر ش (f r š).

### Noun

فَرَاش • (farāš) m (collective, singulative فَرَاشَة f (farāša))
* butterflies
* moths

#### Declension
### Noun

فَرَاش • (farāš) m
* mill wheel

#### Declension
### Noun

فِرَاش • (firāš) m (plural فُرُش (furuš) or أَفْرِشَة (ʔafriša))
* verbal noun of فَرَشَ (faraša) (form I)
* cushion, pillow
* blanket, cover
* mattress, bed
    أَنْهَضُ مِنَ الْفِرَاشِ ― ʔanhaḍu mina l-firāši ― I get up from bed
* couch

#### Declension
### Noun

فَرَّاش • (farrāš) m (plural فَرَّاشُونَ (farrāšūna), feminine فَرَّاشَة (farrāša))
* carpet layer, carpet spreader
* servant, attendant, valet
* office boy, errand boy

#### Descendants

* → Armenian: ֆառաշ (faṙaš)
* → Azerbaijani: fərraş
* → English: ferash, farash, farrash, ferrash, frash
* → Georgian: ფარეში (pareši)
* → Ottoman Turkish: فراش
** Turkish: ferraş
* → Persian: فراش

### Further reading

* Wehr, Hans (1979) “ف ر ش”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology 1

From Arabic فَرَّاش (farrāš).

#### Noun

فراش • (ferraş)
* one who lays mats, carpets or cushions
* sweeper or servant of a mosque
* (in Persia) low-grade guard or servant

##### Derived terms

* فراشلق (ferraşlık, “duties of a sweeper”)
* فراشی (ferraşî, “office of a sweeper”)

##### Descendants

* Turkish: ferraş

#### Further reading

* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “ferraş”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1566
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “فراش”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 890
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Strator”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 1601
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “فراش”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 3484
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “فراش”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1371

### Etymology 2

From Arabic فِرَاش (firāš).

#### Noun

فراش • (firaş) (plural فرش or فراشه)
* anything spread out such as a mat, carpet or cushion, but especially a bed or couch

##### Descendants

* Turkish: firaş

#### Further reading

* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “firaş”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1595
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “فراش”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 890
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Lectus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 929
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “فراش”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 3484
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “فراش”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1371

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

فراش • (ferâş)
* plural of فراشه (ferâşe, “moth to a flame”)

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic فِرَاش (firāš).

### Noun

فراش • (frāš) m
* bed linen, bedding

#### See also

* فرشة (farše, “mattress; bed”)