فن

Arabic

Etymology

From Persian پند‎ (pand, “knack, trick”). Semantic development resembles Ancient Greek τέχνη (tékhnē) and Latin ars.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fann/
  • (file)

Noun

فَنّ • (fann) m (plural فُنُون‎ (funūn))

  1. (originally) genre
    ‏اَلْغَزَلُ فَنٌّ مِنْ فُنُونِ الشِّعْرِ‎
    al-ḡazalu fannun min funūni aš-šiʕri
    The ghazal is a genre of poetry.
    (literally, “The ghazal is a genre from among the genres of poetry.”)
  2. art

Declension

Descendants

  • Egyptian Arabic: فن‎ (fann)
  • ‌ → Bashkir: фән (fän)
  • → Hausa: fannī̀
  • → Kazakh: пән (pän)
  • → Persian: فن‎ (fann)
  • → Swahili: fani
  • → Turkish: fen
  • → Uzbek: fan

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic فَنّ‎ (fann).

Noun

فن • (fann) m

  1. art

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic فَنّ‎ (fann), from Persian پند‎ (pand, “knack, trick”).

Pronunciation

Noun

فن • (fann) (plural فن‌ها‎ (fann-hâ) or فنون‎ (fonun))

  1. technique

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian فن‎ (elhâq), from Arabic فَنّ‎ (fann).

Pronunciation

Noun

فَن • (fan) m (Hindi spelling फ़न)

  1. art, craft, skill
  2. trick, deception, artifice

References

  • “فن”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “فن”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
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