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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). 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 عَلْمَانِيّ‎ (ʕalmāniyy, “worldly, secular”), based on عَالَم‎ (ʕālam, “world”).

ـَانِ • (-āni)

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

ان (an) m

1. egg

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 or f or 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 or f or 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