فان

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See also: قان

Arabic

Root
ف ن ي (f n y)
5 terms

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of the verb فَنِيَ (faniya, “to perish”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

فَانٍ • (fānin) (construct state فَانِي (fānī), feminine فَانِيَة (fāniya), masculine plural فَانُونَ (fānūna), feminine plural فَانِيَات (fāniyāt))

  1. evanescent, transitory, transient, ephemeral
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 55:26:
      كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا فَانٍ
      kullu man ʕalayhā fānin
      Every being on earth is bound to perish.
    تَجَاوَز هَذِهِ الفَانِيَة ― tajāwaz haḏihi l-fāniya ― to leave this world, to pass away
  2. vain
  3. very old, decrepit, geriatric
  4. exhausted
  5. perishable, bound to vanish, perishing
  6. impermanent, destructible
  7. dead, dying, subject to dying
  8. lifeless, departed, deceased
  9. defunct
  10. asleep

Declension

Declension of adjective فَانٍ (fānin)
Singular Masculine Feminine
singular triptote in ـٍ (-in) singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal فَانِي
fānī 		الْفَانِي
al-fānī 		فَانِيَة
fāniya 		الْفَانِيَة
al-fāniya
Nominative فَانٍ
fānin 		الْفَانِي
al-fānī 		فَانِيَةٌ
fāniyatun 		الْفَانِيَةُ
al-fāniyatu
Accusative فَانِيًا
fāniyan 		الْفَانِيَ
al-fāniya 		فَانِيَةً
fāniyatan 		الْفَانِيَةَ
al-fāniyata
Genitive فَانٍ
fānin 		الْفَانِي
al-fānī 		فَانِيَةٍ
fāniyatin 		الْفَانِيَةِ
al-fāniyati
Dual Masculine Feminine
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal فَانِيَيْن
fāniyayn 		الْفَانِيَيْن
al-fāniyayn 		فَانِيَتَيْن
fāniyatayn 		الْفَانِيَتَيْن
al-fāniyatayn
Nominative فَانِيَانِ
fāniyāni 		الْفَانِيَانِ
al-fāniyāni 		فَانِيَتَانِ
fāniyatāni 		الْفَانِيَتَانِ
al-fāniyatāni
Accusative فَانِيَيْنِ
fāniyayni 		الْفَانِيَيْنِ
al-fāniyayni 		فَانِيَتَيْنِ
fāniyatayni 		الْفَانِيَتَيْنِ
al-fāniyatayni
Genitive فَانِيَيْنِ
fāniyayni 		الْفَانِيَيْنِ
al-fāniyayni 		فَانِيَتَيْنِ
fāniyatayni 		الْفَانِيَتَيْنِ
al-fāniyatayni
Plural Masculine Feminine
sound masculine plural sound feminine plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal فَانِين
fānīn 		الْفَانِين
al-fānīn 		فَانِيَات
fāniyāt 		الْفَانِيَات
al-fāniyāt
Nominative فَانُونَ
fānūna 		الْفَانُونَ
al-fānūna 		فَانِيَاتٌ
fāniyātun 		الْفَانِيَاتُ
al-fāniyātu
Accusative فَانِينَ
fānīna 		الْفَانِينَ
al-fānīna 		فَانِيَاتٍ
fāniyātin 		الْفَانِيَاتِ
al-fāniyāti
Genitive فَانِينَ
fānīna 		الْفَانِينَ
al-fānīna 		فَانِيَاتٍ
fāniyātin 		الْفَانِيَاتِ
al-fāniyāti

Descendants

  • → Azerbaijani: fani
  • → Persian: فانی (fâni)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: فانی (fânî)
    • > Turkish: fâni (inherited)
    • → Crimean Tatar: faniy
  • → Uyghur: پانىي (paniy)
  • → Uzbek: foniy
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