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ان (ən)

1. one
2. Arabic spelling of en, alternative form of اَِنْ

Cognate to Hebrew ־ן

ـَان • (-ān)

1. 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).

َـانـ • (-ān-)

1. 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”).

ـَانِ • (-āni)

1. Suffix added to a noun or adjective to form the nominative dual form.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): [un]

ان (un)

1. you; second-person singular pronoun

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): [in]

ان (in)

1. he, she; third-person singular pronoun

• Bechtholdt, Astrid (2024) “un”, in Burushaski Hunza Dictionary (Webonary) (in Burushaski), Dallas, Texas, USA: SIL International, published 2017: “(in Latin script)”.

ان (an) m

1. egg

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *-gan, which is comparable to Proto-Mongolic *-gan and Proto-Tungusic *-kan.

ان • (-an)

1. 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”)

• Turkish: -an

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “-an1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 238

From Middle Persian 𐭠𐭭 (-ān). Compare Pashto ـونه (-ona), Northern Luri ـۆ(ن) (-ø(n)).

ـان • (-ân)

1. A suffix forming the plural of nouns, chiefly animate ones.

   Hypernym: ها (-hâ, possible for any noun)

• 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).

• Like etymology 1.

ـان • (-ân)

1. 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”)

ان • (an)

1. (vulgar) Alternative spelling of عن.

English en.

• IPA^(key): /en/

ان • (en)

1. Transliteration of the name of the Latin-script letter n in English and other European languages.

• دی‌ان‌ای (di-en-ey)

From Arabic ـَان (-ān).

ـان • (-ān)

1. Suffix used in forming intensive adjectives of the pattern فَعْلَان (faʕlān).

• 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”)

Category:South Levantine Arabic intensive adjectives

From Sanskrit अन्ध (andha), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *andʰás.

ان (an)

1. blind

Inherited from Sanskrit अन- (ana-).

Compare Middle Persian ʾn (an-).

• اـ (before consonants)

انـ • (an-) (Hindi spelling अन-)

1. A negating prefix. non-, un-, a-, an-, etc.

   ‎ان + ‎کہا (kahā, “said”) → ‎انکہا (ankahā, “unsaid, unspoken”)

This form is used before words that begin with vowels.

اِن • (in) m pl or f pl (Hindi spelling इन)

1. (proximal) third-person plural objective personal pronoun: them
2. (oblique case) these; plural of اِس (is)
3. (formal, proximal) third-person singular objective personal pronoun: him, (oblique case) her
4. (formal, oblique case) this

اُن • (un) m pl or f pl (Hindi spelling उन)

1. (distal) third-person plural objective personal pronoun: them
2. (oblique case) those; plural of اُس (us)
3. (formal, distal) third-person singular objective personal pronoun: him, (oblique case) her
4. (formal, oblique case) that

اِن • (in) pl (Hindi spelling इन)

1. (oblique case) these; plural of اِس (is)
2. (formal, oblique case) this

اُن • (un) pl (Hindi spelling उन)

1. (oblique case) those; plural of اُس (us)
2. (formal, oblique case) that