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Ottoman Turkish
Adjective
فنا • (fena)
- Alternative spelling of فناء
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic فَنَاء (fanāʔ).
Pronunciation
Readings
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Classical reading?
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fanā
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Dari reading?
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fanā
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Iranian reading?
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fanâ
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Tajik reading?
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fano
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Noun
فنا • (fanâ)
- annihilation, evanescence, extinction, perishment
- Synonyms: نابودی (nâbudi), دمار (damâr), هلاک (halâk), زوال (zavâl), هلاکت (halâkat)
- (Sufism) annihilation of the individual by being absorbed into God
Descendants
Further reading
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “فنا”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim