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Afrikaans
Pronunciation
Conjunction
ان (ən)
- one
- Arabic spelling of en, alternative form of اَِنْ
Arabic
Etymology
Cognate to Hebrew ־ן
Suffix
ـَان • (-ān)
- Suffix used in forming intensive adjectives of the pattern فَعْلَان (faʕlān), e.g. تَعْبَان (taʕbān, “tired”), عَطْشَان (ʕaṭšān, “thirsty”), غَضْبَان (ḡaḍbān, “angry”), زَعْلَان (zaʕlān, “annoyed”), كَسْلَان (kaslān, “lazy”), نَعْسَان (naʕsān, “drowsy”). These adjectives generally have a feminine in َـى (-ā), e.g. عَطْشَى (ʕaṭšā), كَسْلَى (kaslā), نَعْسَى (naʕsā).
Interfix
َـانـ • (-ān-)
- Interfix used in forming nisba (relative) adjectives, inserted between the base noun and the ending ـِيّ (-iyy), e.g. أَنَانِيّ (ʔanāniyy, “selfish”), based on أَنَا (ʔanā) or عَالَمَانِيّ (ʕālamāniyy, “worldly, secular”), based on عَالَم (ʕālam, “world”).
Derived terms
Suffix
ـَانِ • (-āni)
- Suffix added to a noun or adjective to form the nominative dual form.
Burushaski
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Pronoun
ان (un)
- you; second-person singular pronoun
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Pronoun
ان (in)
- he, she; third-person singular pronoun
References
- Bechtholdt, Astrid (2024) “un”, in Burushaski Hunza Dictionary (Webonary) (in Burushaski), Dallas, Texas, USA: SIL International, published 2017: “(in Latin script)”.
Kalami
Noun
ان (an) m
- egg
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *-gan, which is comparable to Proto-Mongolic *-gan and Proto-Tungusic *-kan.
Suffix
ان • (-an)
- adjective-forming suffix that, added to the root of a verb, creates non-past participles
- بورـ (bur-, “to twist, wring”) + ان → بوران (buran, “twisting, wringing, that twists or wrings”)
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
Persian
Etymology 1
From Middle Persian 𐭠𐭭 (-ān). Compare Pashto ـونه (-ona), Northern Luri ـۆ(ن) (-ø(n)).
Pronunciation
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Suffix
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ـان • (-ân)
- A suffix forming the plural of nouns, chiefly animate ones.
- Hypernym: ها (-hâ, possible for any noun)
Usage notes
- In the formal standard language, -ân is usable with almost all words for persons and many animal names. It is also employed with a limited number of inanimate nouns, e.g. چشمان (češmân, “eyes”), سخنان (soxanân, “words”). In pre-modern or poetic texts it is used more freely. In the contemporary Iranian vernacular, on the other hand, the suffix is rare and only a handful of words are common, e.g. آقایان (âqâyân, “misters”), عزیزان ('azizân, “dear ones, friends”).
- The suffix becomes گان (-gân) after a native word in silent ه (-e), and یان (-yân) after و (-u) or ا (-a).
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Suffix
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ـان • (-ân)
- A suffix attached to the present stem of verbs to derive adjectives.
- خند (xand-, present stem of خندیدن (xandidan, “to laugh”)) + ـان (-ân) → خندان (xandân, “laughing”)
- رو (rav-, present stem of رفتن (raftan, “to go”)) + ـان (-ân) → روان (ravân, “flowing”)
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
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Noun
ان • (an)
- (vulgar) Alternative spelling of عن.
Etymology 4
English en.
Pronunciation
Noun
ان • (en)
- Transliteration of the name of the Latin-script letter n in English and other European languages.
Derived terms
South Levantine Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic ـَان (-ān).
Suffix
ـان • (-ān)
- Suffix used in forming intensive adjectives of the pattern فَعْلَان (faʕlān).
Usage notes
- Intensive adjectives often act as active participles of stative verbs, usually having the pattern فِعِل (fiʕil), for instance:
- عطش (ʕiṭiš, “to be thirsty”) → عطشان (ʕaṭšān, “thirsty”)
- حزن (ḥizin, “to get sad”) → حزنان (ḥaznān, “sad”)
See also
Category:South Levantine Arabic intensive adjectives
Torwali
Etymology
From Sanskrit अन्ध (andha), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *andʰás.
Adjective
ان (an)
- blind
Urdu
Etymology 1
Inherited from Sanskrit अन- (ana-).
Compare Middle Persian ʾn (an-).
Alternative forms
Prefix
انـ • (an-) (Hindi spelling अन-)
- A negating prefix. non-, un-, a-, an-, etc.
- ان + کہا (kahā, “said”) → انکہا (ankahā, “unsaid, unspoken”)
Usage notes
This form is used before words that begin with vowels.
Etymology 2
Pronoun
اِن • (in) m pl or f pl (Hindi spelling इन)
- (proximal) third-person plural objective personal pronoun: them
- (oblique case) these; plural of اِس (is)
- (formal, proximal) third-person singular objective personal pronoun: him, (oblique case) her
- (formal, oblique case) this
Pronoun
اُن • (un) m pl or f pl (Hindi spelling उन)
- (distal) third-person plural objective personal pronoun: them
- (oblique case) those; plural of اُس (us)
- (formal, distal) third-person singular objective personal pronoun: him, (oblique case) her
- (formal, oblique case) that
Determiner
اِن • (in) pl (Hindi spelling इन)
- (oblique case) these; plural of اِس (is)
- (formal, oblique case) this
Determiner
اُن • (un) pl (Hindi spelling उन)
- (oblique case) those; plural of اُس (us)
- (formal, oblique case) that
See also