ان

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

ان - Afrikaans

Conjunction

ان (ən)

one
Arabic spelling of en, alternative form of اَِنْ‎

ان - Arabic

Suffix

ـَان • (-ān)

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).

Interfix

َـانـ • (-ān-)

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”).

Derived terms

Arabic terms interfixed with ان

Suffix

ـَانِ • (-āni)

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

ان - Kalami

Noun

ان (an) m

ان - Persian

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA: /ɑːn/

(Dari Persian) IPA: /ɑːn/

(Iranian Persian) IPA: /ɒːn/

(Tajik) IPA: /ɔn/

Suffix

ـان • (-ân)

A suffix forming the plural of nouns, chiefly animate ones.
- Hypernym: ها‎ (-hâ, possible for any noun)

Usage notes

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).

Pronunciation

Like etymology 1.

Suffix

ـان • (-ân)

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”)

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA: /an/

(Dari Persian) IPA: /an/

(Iranian Persian) IPA: /æn/

(Tajik) IPA: /an/

Noun

ان • (an)

(vulgar) Alternative spelling of عن‎.

Pronunciation

IPA: /en/

Noun

ان • (en)

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

Derived terms

دی‌ان‌ای‎ (di-en-ey)

ان - South Levantine Arabic

Suffix

ـان • (-ān)

Suffix used in forming intensive adjectives of the pattern فَعْلَان‎ (faʕlān).

Usage notes

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”)

ان - Torwali

Adjective

ان (an)

blind

ان - Urdu

Alternative forms

اـ‎ (before consonants)

Prefix

انـ • (an-) (Hindi spelling अन-‎)

A negating prefix. non-, un-, a-, an-, etc.
- ‎ان + ‎کہا‎ (kahā, “said”) → ‎انکہا‎ (ankahā, “unsaid, unspoken”)

Usage notes

This form is used before words that begin with vowels.

Pronoun

اِن • (in) m or f or pl (Hindi spelling इन)

(proximal) third-person plural objective personal pronoun: them
(oblique case) these; plural of اِس‎ (is)
(formal, proximal) third-person singular objective personal pronoun: him, (oblique case) her
(formal, oblique case) this

اُن • (un) m or f or pl (Hindi spelling उन)

(distal) third-person plural objective personal pronoun: them
(oblique case) those; plural of اُس‎ (us)
(formal, distal) third-person singular objective personal pronoun: him, (oblique case) her
(formal, oblique case) that

Determiner

اِن • (in) pl (Hindi spelling इन‎)

(oblique case) these; plural of اِس‎ (is)
(formal, oblique case) this

اُن • (un) pl (Hindi spelling उन‎)

(oblique case) those; plural of اُس‎ (us)
(formal, oblique case) that