الآن

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See also: الان

Arabic

Etymology

Definite accusative of آن (ʔān, “time”).

Pronunciation

Adverb

الْآنَ • (al-ʔāna)

  1. now
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 10:91:
      آلْآنَ وَقَدْ عَصَيْتَ قَبْلُ وَكُنْتَ مِنَ الْمُفْسِدِينَ
      ʔālʔāna waqad ʕaṣayta qablu wakunta mina l-mufsidīna
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Noun

الْآنَ • (al-ʔāna) m

  1. now

Declension

Declension of noun الْآنَ (al-ʔāna)
Singular singular invariable
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal — الْآنَ
al-ʔāna 		—
Nominative — الْآنَ
al-ʔāna 		—
Accusative — الْآنَ
al-ʔāna 		—
Genitive — الْآنَ
al-ʔāna 		—

Descendants

  • → Persian: الان (al'ân), الآن
  • → Khalaj: əlân

Khalaj

Adverb

اَلآن (əlân)

  1. Arabic spelling of əlân (“now”)
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