خفقان

Arabic

Root
خ ف ق (ḵ-f-q)

Etymology

From خَفَقَ (ḵafaqa, to beat) + ـَان (-ān)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xa.fa.qaːn/
  • Rhymes: -aːn

Noun

خَفَقَان • (ḵafaqān) m

  1. verbal noun of خَفَقَ (ḵafaqa) (form I)
  2. (medicine, physiology) beating, palpitation, throbbing (of the heart)

Declension

Descendants

  • Persian: خفقان
  • Ottoman Turkish: خفقان
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