Borrowed from Middle Persian (ʾwʾm), (ʾʾwʾm /āwām/, “space of time; epoch; occasion”), from Old Persian *abigāmā f (“time”), from 𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎹 (abi-, “towards”) + Proto-Indo-European *gem- (“to press, to grasp”). Also borrowed in إِبَّان (ʔibbān).
أَوَان • (ʔawān) m (plural آوِنَة (ʔāwina))
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | أَوَان ʔawān |
الْأَوَان al-ʔawān |
أَوَان ʔawān |
Nominative | أَوَانٌ ʔawānun |
الْأَوَانُ al-ʔawānu |
أَوَانُ ʔawānu |
Accusative | أَوَانًا ʔawānan |
الْأَوَانَ al-ʔawāna |
أَوَانَ ʔawāna |
Genitive | أَوَانٍ ʔawānin |
الْأَوَانِ al-ʔawāni |
أَوَانِ ʔawāni |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | أَوَانَيْن ʔawānayn |
الْأَوَانَيْن al-ʔawānayn |
أَوَانَيْ ʔawānay |
Nominative | أَوَانَانِ ʔawānāni |
الْأَوَانَانِ al-ʔawānāni |
أَوَانَا ʔawānā |
Accusative | أَوَانَيْنِ ʔawānayni |
الْأَوَانَيْنِ al-ʔawānayni |
أَوَانَيْ ʔawānay |
Genitive | أَوَانَيْنِ ʔawānayni |
الْأَوَانَيْنِ al-ʔawānayni |
أَوَانَيْ ʔawānay |
Plural | broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | آوِنَة ʔāwina |
الْآوِنَة al-ʔāwina |
آوِنَة ʔāwinat |
Nominative | آوِنَةٌ ʔāwinatun |
الْآوِنَةُ al-ʔāwinatu |
آوِنَةُ ʔāwinatu |
Accusative | آوِنَةً ʔāwinatan |
الْآوِنَةَ al-ʔāwinata |
آوِنَةَ ʔāwinata |
Genitive | آوِنَةٍ ʔāwinatin |
الْآوِنَةِ al-ʔāwinati |
آوِنَةِ ʔāwinati |
أَوَانٍ • (ʔawānin) m pl