ممکن

See also: ممكن‎

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic مُمْكِن‎ (mumkin).

Adjective

ممکن • (mümkin)

possible

Synonyms

اولاسی‎ (olası)

Descendants

Turkish: mümkün

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُمْكِن‎ (mumkin).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /mumkin/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /mʊmkɪn/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /momken/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /mumkin/

Adjective

Iranian Persian	ممکن
Dari	ممکن
Tajik	мумкин (mumkin)

مُمکِن • (momken) (comparative مُمکِن‌تَر‎ (momken-tar), superlative مُمکِن‌تَرین‎ (momken-tarin))

possible
Antonyms: غیرِ مُمکِن‎ (ğeyr-e momken), مُحال‎ (mohâl)

‏‎‎ (more literary)
momken ast ke fardâ biyâyad.
It is possible that he will come tomorrow.

‏‎‎ (more colloquial)
momken-e fardâ biyâd.
It's possible he'll come tomorrow.

‏‎‎ (more literary)
momken nist ke dârâ hanuz zende bâšad.
It is not possible that Dara is still alive.

Derived terms

غیرممکن‎ (ğeyr-e-momken, “impossible”)
ممکنات‎ (momkenât, “possibility”)

Related terms

اِمکان‎ (emkân, “possibility”)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: mümkün
→ Bashkir: мөмкин (mömkin)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: मुमकिन (mumkin)

Urdu: ممکن‎ (mumkin)
→ Kazakh: мүмкін (mümkın)
→ Kyrgyz: мүмкүн (mümkün)
→ Tatar: мөмкин (mömkin)
→ Uzbek: mumkin
→ Yagnobi: мумкин (mumkin)

See also

شایَد‎ (šâyad, “can, may”)

Urdu

Adjective

ممکن • (mumkin)

possible

Derived terms

ناممکن‎ (nā-mumkin, “impossible”)

Related terms

امکان‎ (imkān, “possibility”)

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