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ان

ان

See also: آن, أن, إن, اَِنْ, -ان, and ان-

Afrikaans

Conjunction

ان (ən)

  1. Arabic spelling of en, alternative form of اَِنْ

Arabic

Suffix

َـان (-ān)

  1. Suffix used in forming intensive adjectives of the pattern فَعْلَان (faʿlān), e.g. تَعْبَان (taʿbān, tired), عَطْشَان (ʿaṭšān, thirsty), غَضْبَان (ḡaḍbān, angry), زَعْلَان (zaʿlān, annoyed), كَسْلَان (kaslān, lazy), نَعْسَان (naʿsān). These adjectives generally have an irregular feminine in َـى (), e.g. عَطْشَى (ʿaṭšā), كَسْلَى (kaslā), نَسْعَى (nasʿā).

Infix

َـانـ (-ān-)

  1. Infix used in forming nisba (relative) adjectives, inserted between the base noun and the ending ِـيّ (-iyy), e.g. أَنَانِيّ (ʾanāniyy, selfish), based on أَنَا (ʾanā) or عَلْمَانِيّ (ʿalmāniyy, worldly, secular), based on عَالَم (ʿālam, world).

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian 𐭠𐭭 (-ān). Compare Pashto ـونه (-ona).

Suffix

ـان (-ân)

  1. A suffix forming the plural of animate nouns, with some exceptions. Becomes گان (-gân) after a silent ه (h), یان after و or ا.
Usage notes

Used mainly in writing.

Synonyms

Etymology 2

Noun

ان (an)

  1. (vulgar) Alternative spelling of عن.

Etymology 3

Noun

ان (en)

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